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BURGONETS
Definition of BURGONETS
noun
plural of burgonet
noun
A light helmet worn by infantrymen, bearing a crest and hinged cheekpieces, but typically without a visor.
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Word DNA
BURGONETS 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 (5,144)
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.
BURGONETS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 11 boards so far. 12 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 72, 31 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 159, 26 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 9 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 85, 13 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
BURGONETS starts with B and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read BEGNORSTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Could you have found BURGONETS?
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 72 - and most players walked straight past it.
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