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BOREEN
Definition of BOREEN
noun
A narrow, frequently unpaved, rural road in Ireland, often characterised by a ridge of grass growing in the middle.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Irish bóithrín, from bóthar (“road”) and -ín (diminutive suffix).
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.
BOREEN in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 4 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 74, 2 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 100, 28 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 74, 2 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
BOREEN starts with B and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read BEENOR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears 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 BOREEN
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found BOREEN?
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 74 - and most players walked straight past it.
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