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BYLAW

/ˈbaɪ.lɔː/5 letters

Definition of BYLAW

noun

A local custom or law of a settlement or district.

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Where it comes from

From Middle English bylawe, bilawe, partly from Old English bīlage (“bylaw”) and partly from a variant of Middle English byrelawe, birlawe, from Old Norse býjar (“town's; settlement's”) + lǫg (“laws; jurisdiction”). Byrlaw is attested earlier in English but is unattested in Old Norse and the cognates in Scandinavian languages follow the development of bylaw: Danish bylov (“municipal law”), Swedish bylag and byalag.

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

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BYLAW in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 15 boards so far. 20 players have found it across Outlier's history.

Day 1Day 120
Its 15 boards, across 120 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
15
Boards found on
24
First board
119
Latest board
27
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 24, 13 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 119, 16 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.

First ever to find it

khop

on Day 24, 13 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

BYLAW
5
Letters
1
Vowels
4
Consonants
5
Different letters
3
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

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

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