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BURL
Definition of BURL
noun
A tree growth in which the grain has grown in a deformed manner; a burr knot.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English burle (“a knot or flaw in cloth”), from Old French bourle (“flocks or ends of threads which disfigure cloth”), diminutive of Old French bourre, from Medieval Latin burra (“flock of wool, coarse hair”).
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.
BURL in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 28 boards so far. 57 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 8, 29 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 119, 16 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First found by a player on Day 8, 29 May 2026.
Built from these letters
BURL starts with B and ends with L. Sorted, its letters read BLRU - 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 BURL
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found BURL?
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 8 - and most players walked straight past it.
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