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FILBERT
Definition of FILBERT
noun
The hazelnut.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Earlier filbert-nut, Philibert-nut, from Middle English filbert-note, from Anglo-Norman noix de filbert, so named because they are ripe near Saint Philibert’s Day.
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.
FILBERT in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 17 boards so far. 26 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 58, 17 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 110, 7 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 58, 17 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
FILBERT starts with F and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read BEFILRT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start FILBER
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found FILBERT?
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 58 - and most players walked straight past it.
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