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BITTERNESS
Definition of BITTERNESS
noun
The quality of having a bitter taste.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English bitternesse, biternesse, from Old English biternes (“bitterness; grief”), equivalent to bitter + -ness.
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.
BITTERNESS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 118, 15 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 118, 15 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
BITTERNESS starts with B and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read BEEINRSSTT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. T, E and S appear more than once, including a double letter.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start BITTER
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found BITTERNESS?
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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