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BYGONES

/ˈbaɪˌɡɑnz/7 letters

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).

Rarity score
Withheld
Revealed only in play
Tier
Withheld
Find it yourself

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 23 boards so far. 151 players have found it across Outlier's history.

Day 1Day 102
Its 23 boards, across 102 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
23
Boards found on
22
First board
100
Latest board
17
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 22, 11 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 100, 28 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.

First ever to find it

mossydeer

on Day 22, 11 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

BYGONES
7
Letters
2
Vowels
5
Consonants
7
Different letters
3
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

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.

Words that start BYGONE

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

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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