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BITTERN
Definition of BITTERN
noun
Several bird species in the Botaurinae subfamily of the heron family Ardeidae.
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Where it comes from
From Middle English bitour, botor, from Old French butor, from Gallo-Roman *butitaurus, a blend of Latin būtiō (“bittern”) and taurus (“bull, ox”).
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.
BITTERN in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far. 20 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 118, 15 September 2026. The most recent board was Day 120, 17 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 118, 15 September 2026.
Built from these letters
BITTERN starts with B and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read BEINRTT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. T appears more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start BITTER
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found BITTERN?
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 118 - and most players walked straight past it.
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