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BRIDLE
Definition of BRIDLE
noun
The headgear with which a horse is directed and which carries a bit and reins.
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Where it comes from
From Middle English bridel, from Old English brīdel, from Proto-West Germanic *brigdil, from Proto-Germanic *brigdilaz (“strap, rein”), equivalent to braid + -le.
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.
BRIDLE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 24 boards so far. 39 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 23, 12 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 110, 7 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First ever to find it
on Day 23, 12 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
BRIDLE starts with B and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read BDEILR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
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 BRIDLE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 23
Could you have found BRIDLE?
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 23 - and most players walked straight past it.
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