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BOURDON
Definition of BOURDON
noun
The burden or bass of a melody.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Inherited from Middle English burdoun (“accompaniment”), from Old French bordon, from Medieval Latin burdō, burdōnem (“drone”), probably from Frankish *buʀdō (“grub, beetle, cricket, bumblebee”), related to Old English budda (“beetle”), Saterland Frisian Budde (“worm or grub used as fishbait”), Icelandic budda (“purse”). The modern pronunciation and form (for *burdon) is influenced by modern French bourdon.
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.
BOURDON in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 4 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 34, 23 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 97, 25 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 23 days.
First found by a player on Day 34, 23 June 2026.
Built from these letters
BOURDON starts with B and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read BDNOORU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once.
Also seen on Day 34
Could you have found BOURDON?
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 34 - and most players walked straight past it.
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