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BURLESQUE
Definition of BURLESQUE
adjective
Parodical; parodic
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from French burlesque, from Italian burlesco (“parodic”).
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.
BURLESQUE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far. 37 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 60, 19 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 66, 25 July 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 54 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 60, 19 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
BURLESQUE starts with B and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read BEELQRSUU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. U and E appear more than once. It uses Q - among the least common letters in written English.
Words that start BURLES
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 60
Could you have found BURLESQUE?
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 60 - and most players walked straight past it.
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