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BURG
Definition of BURG
noun
A city or town. Martinsburg, West Virginia.
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Where it comes from
The historical sense is from Late Latin burgus, from Frankish *burg, from Proto-Germanic *burgz (“borough, fortification”). Doublet of borough, Brough, burgh, burh, and bury. Also compare burgess. The modern sense may have been formed in part by analogy with the many North American city names that are suffixed with -burg (a number of which in the Eastern United States once used -burgh instead. See burgh), as well as being formed in part due to German Burg.
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OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
BURG in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 13 boards so far. 17 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 27, 16 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 109, 6 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 27, 16 June 2026.
Built from these letters
BURG starts with B and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read BGRU - 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 BURG
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 27
Could you have found BURG?
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 27 - and most players walked straight past it.
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