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BURLINESS
Definition of BURLINESS
noun
The characteristic of being burly.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From burly + -ness. According to the Poly-Olbion project, coined by Michael Drayton in 1612.
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.
BURLINESS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 118, 15 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First ever to find it
on Day 118, 15 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
BURLINESS starts with B and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read BEILNRSSU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. S appears more than once, including a double letter.
Could you have found BURLINESS?
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 118 - and most players walked straight past it.
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