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BURTHENSOME
Definition of BURTHENSOME
adjective
Obsolete spelling of burdensome.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From burthen + -some.
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.
BURTHENSOME in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 61, 20 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 85, 13 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 34 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 61, 20 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
BURTHENSOME starts with B and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read BEEHMNORSTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Words that start BURTHEN
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found BURTHENSOME?
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 61 - and most players walked straight past it.
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