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BURGRAVES
Definition of BURGRAVES
noun
plural of burgrave
noun
The military governor of a town or castle in the Middle Ages, especially in German-speaking Europe; a nobleman of the same status.
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Word DNA
BURGRAVES inherits its ancestry from its root, BURGRAVE.
Line of descent
- German
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
8th
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
3.1%
of traced words share this origin (889)
branch · 22.4% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, BURGRAVE · 1 relative in the game
Its etymology also names Dutch, French.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
BURGRAVES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 138, 5 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 6 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 138, 5 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
BURGRAVES starts with B and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ABEGRRSUV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. R appears more than once.
Could you have found BURGRAVES?
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 138 - and most players walked straight past it.
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