The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
BURNSIDE
Definition of BURNSIDE
noun
A moustache, with whiskers on the cheeks but no beard on the chin.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Ambrose Burnside.
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.
BURNSIDE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 37, 26 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 82, 10 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 40 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 37, 26 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
BURNSIDE starts with B and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read BDEINRSU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start BURNSI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 37
Could you have found BURNSIDE?
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 37 - and most players walked straight past it.
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