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BURGANETS
Definition of BURGANETS
noun
plural of burganet
BURGONET · via burganet
noun
A light helmet worn by infantrymen, bearing a crest and hinged cheekpieces, but typically without a visor.
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Word DNA
BURGANETS inherits its ancestry from its root, BURGONET.
Line of descent
- Middle English
- Old French
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
4th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
6.2%
of traced words share this origin (5,287)
branch · 22.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, BURGONET · 3 relatives in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
BURGANETS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 46, 5 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 72, 31 July 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 101 days.
Built from these letters
BURGANETS starts with B and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ABEGNRSTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Also seen on Day 46
Could you have found BURGANETS?
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 46 - and most players walked straight past it.
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