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BURSTING

/ˈbɝstɪŋ/8 letters

Definition of BURSTING

adjective

Very eager (to do something).

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Rarity score
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Revealed only in play
Tier
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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.

BURSTING in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 11 boards so far. 14 players have found it across Outlier's history.

Day 1Day 110
Its 11 boards, across 110 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
11
Boards found on
23
First board
105
Latest board
23
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 23, 12 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 105, 2 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 5 days.

First ever to find it

gnathan

on Day 23, 12 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

BURSTING
8
Letters
2
Vowels
6
Consonants
8
Different letters
3
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

BURSTING starts with B and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read BGINRSTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.

Same letters, different word

2 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.

Could you have found BURSTING?

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 23 - and most players walked straight past it.

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