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BOREAS
Definition of BOREAS
noun
The north wind.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Βορέᾱς (Boréās).
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.
BOREAS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 5 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 48, 7 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 92, 20 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 17 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 48, 7 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
BOREAS starts with B and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ABEORS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start BOREAS
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 48
Could you have found BOREAS?
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 48 - and most players walked straight past it.
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