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BURDOCK
Definition of BURDOCK
noun
Any of the species of biennial thistles in the genus Arctium.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English *bury dokke (attested as plural bury dokkis), equivalent to bur(ry) + dock.
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.
BURDOCK in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 8 boards so far. 13 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 23, 12 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 97, 25 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 5 days.
First found by a player on Day 23, 12 June 2026.
Built from these letters
BURDOCK starts with B and ends with K. Sorted, its letters read BCDKORU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Also seen on Day 23
Could you have found BURDOCK?
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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