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BOROUGHS
Definition of BOROUGHS
noun
plural of borough
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Word DNA
BOROUGHS inherits its ancestry from its root, BOROUGH.
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 (3,911)
branch · 22.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, BOROUGH · 1 relative in the game
Its etymology also names Danish, Dutch, French, Swedish, Turkish.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
BOROUGHS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 38 boards so far. 112 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 31, 20 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 166, 2 November 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First ever to find it
on Day 31, 20 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
BOROUGHS starts with B and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read BGHOORSU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once.
Also seen on Day 31
Could you have found BOROUGHS?
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 31 - and most players walked straight past it.
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