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BISTOURY
Definition of BISTOURY
noun
A narrow-bladed surgical knife
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From French bistouri, from archaic Italian pistorese or pistorino (“from Pistoia”); the city of Pistoia was once famous for the manufacturing of blades.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
BISTOURY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 10 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 43, 2 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 110, 7 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 9 days.
First found by a player on Day 43, 2 July 2026.
Built from these letters
BISTOURY starts with B and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read BIORSTUY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Also seen on Day 43
Could you have found BISTOURY?
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 43 - and most players walked straight past it.
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