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BURB

/bɝb/4 letters

Definition of BURB

noun

A suburb.

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

Clipping of suburb.

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

Word DNA

How it is built

noun

Same root, BURB · 1 relative in the game

The Word DNA of OUTLIER →

Rarity score
Withheld
Revealed only in play
Tier
Withheld
Find it yourself

OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

BURB in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 1 board so far.

Day 1Day 166
Its one board, across 166 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
1
Boards found on
151
First board
15
Days since seen

It first turned up on Day 151, 18 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 15 days.

First ever to find it

claire73

on Day 151, 18 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

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

BURB starts with B and ends with B. Sorted, its letters read BBRU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. B appears more than once.

Words that start BURB

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

Could you have found BURB?

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 151 - and most players walked straight past it.

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