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BURLESK
Definition of BURLESK
noun
Obsolete spelling of burlesque.
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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.
BURLESK in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 74, 2 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 84, 12 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 36 days.
First found by a player on Day 74, 2 August 2026.
Built from these letters
BURLESK starts with B and ends with K. Sorted, its letters read BEKLRSU - 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 BURLES
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found BURLESK?
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 74 - and most players walked straight past it.
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