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BORDELLO

/bɔː(ɹ)ˈdɛləʊ/8 letters

Definition of BORDELLO

noun

A brothel.

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

From Italian bordello. Distantly related to brothel, through Proto-Indo-European *bʰer- (“to carve, cut, split, rub”). Doublet of bordel. By surface analysis, Latin borda + Italian -ello (“diminutive”).

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

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OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

BORDELLO in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 1 board so far.

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Boards found on
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First board
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Days since seen

It first turned up on Day 110, 7 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.

First found by a player on Day 110, 7 September 2026.

Built from these letters

BORDELLO
8
Letters
3
Vowels
5
Consonants
6
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

BORDELLO starts with B and ends with O. Sorted, its letters read BDELLOOR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O and L 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.

DOORBELL

Words that start BORDEL

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

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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 110 - and most players walked straight past it.

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