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BITER
Definition of BITER
noun
Agent noun of bite: someone or something who bites or tends to bite.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English biter, bitere, equivalent to bite + -er. Cognate with West Frisian biter (“biter”), Dutch bijter (“biter”), German Low German Bieter (“biter”), German Beißer (“biter”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Middle English
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
4th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
6.2%
of traced words share this origin (4,835)
branch · 22.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, BIT · 12 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Dutch, German.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
BITER in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 8 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 28, 17 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 136, 3 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 23 days.
First found by a player on Day 28, 17 June 2026.
Built from these letters
BITER starts with B and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read BEIRT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
2 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Also seen on Day 28
Could you have found BITER?
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 28 - and most players walked straight past it.
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