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BORDURES
Definition of BORDURES
noun
plural of bordure
BORDURE
noun
A contrasting border around a shield.
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Word DNA
BORDURES inherits its ancestry from its root, BORDURE.
How it is built
Same root, BORDURE · 1 relative in the game
Its etymology also names Middle English.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
BORDURES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 138, 5 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 13 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 138, 5 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
BORDURES starts with B and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read BDEORRSU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. R appears more than once.
Same letters, different word
2 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start BORDUR
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found BORDURES?
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 138 - and most players walked straight past it.
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