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BOREES
Definition of BOREES
noun
plural of boree
noun
Any of various species of wattle tree (genus Acacia), especially Acacia pendula and Acacia glaucescens.
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Word DNA
BOREES inherits its ancestry from its root, BORE.
Line of descent
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
6th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
4.7%
of traced words share this origin (3,724)
branch · 22.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, BORE · 10 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Danish, Dutch, Latin, Norwegian, Old Norse.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
BOREES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 51, 10 July 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 109 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 51, 10 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
BOREES starts with B and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read BEEORS - 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.
Also seen on Day 51
Could you have found BOREES?
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 51 - and most players walked straight past it.
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