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BISHOPWEED
Definition of BISHOPWEED
noun
Alternative form of bishopsweed.
BISHOPSWEED
noun
Alternative form of bishop's weed (“Ammi majus, a plant with white lace-like flowers”).
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Word DNA
BISHOPWEED inherits its ancestry from its root, BISHOP.
Line of descent
5 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
3rd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
12.2%
of traced words share this origin (9,517)
branch · 12.2% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, BISHOP · 6 relatives in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
BISHOPWEED in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 7 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 80, 8 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 151, 18 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 7 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 80, 8 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Also on
Built from these letters
BISHOPWEED starts with B and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read BDEEHIOPSW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start BISHOP
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found BISHOPWEED?
OUTLIER is a daily word game. One grid, the same grid for everybody, and the words nobody else spots are the ones that pay. This word was on Day 80 - and most players walked straight past it.
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