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BYGONES
Definition of BYGONES
noun
Things that happened in the past.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Plural of bygone (noun).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, BYGONE · 1 relative in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
BYGONES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 44 boards so far. 289 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 22, 11 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 159, 26 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 22, 11 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
BYGONES starts with B and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read BEGNOSY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Also seen on Day 22
Could you have found BYGONES?
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 22 - and most players walked straight past it.
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