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BORN

/bɔːn/4 letters

Definition of BORN

verb

past participle of bear; given birth to.

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Where it comes from

From Middle English born, boren, borne, iborne, from Old English boren, ġeboren, from Proto-West Germanic *boran, *gaboran, from Proto-Germanic *buranaz, past participle of Proto-Germanic *beraną (“to bear, carry”), equivalent to bear + -en. Cognate with Saterland Frisian gebooren (“born”), West Frisian berne (“born”), Dutch geboren (“born”), German geboren (“born”), Swedish boren (“born”).

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.

BORN in OUTLIER

It has fitted 1 board so far. 24 players have found it across Outlier's history.

Day 1Day 118
Its one board, across 118 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
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Boards it fitted
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First board
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Days since seen

It first turned up on Day 118, 15 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.

First found by a player on Day 3, 24 May 2026.

Built from these letters

BORN
4
Letters
1
Vowels
3
Consonants
4
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

BORN starts with B and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read BNOR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.

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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 118 - and most players walked straight past it.

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