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BUREAU
Definition of BUREAU
noun
An administrative unit of government; office.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Unadapted borrowing from French bureau, earlier "coarse cloth (as desk cover), baize", from Old French burel (“woolen cloth”), diminutive of *bure (compare Middle French bure (“coarse woolen cloth”), French bourre (“hair, fluff”)), from Late Latin burra (“wool, fluff, shaggy cloth, coarse fabric”); akin to Ancient Greek βερβέριον (berbérion, “shabby garment”). Doublet of burel and borrel, taken from Old French.
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.
BUREAU in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 18 boards so far. 37 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 21, 10 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 105, 2 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 4 days.
First found by a player on Day 21, 10 June 2026.
Built from these letters
BUREAU starts with B and ends with U. Sorted, its letters read ABERUU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. U appears more than once.
Words that start BUREAU
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 21
Could you have found BUREAU?
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 21 - and most players walked straight past it.
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