The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
BUROO
Definition of BUROO
noun
The Labour Bureau; hence, unemployment benefits; the dole.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Representing a Scottish pronunciation of bureau.
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.
BUROO in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 72, 31 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 110, 7 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 11 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 110, 7 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
BUROO starts with B and ends with O. Sorted, its letters read BOORU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once, including a double letter.
Could you have found BUROO?
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 72 - and most players walked straight past it.
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