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REFURBISH
Definition of REFURBISH
verb
To rebuild or replenish with entirely new material; to restore to original (or better) working order and appearance; to renovate.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
1605, from re- + furbish, from Middle English furbishen, from Middle French forbir (stem furbiss-, “to clean, polish”), from Frankish *furbēn (“to clean, polish”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
39th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
0.2%
of traced words share this origin (46)
branch · 22.3% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, REFURBISH · 2 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Polish.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
REFURBISH in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far. 14 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 140, 7 October 2026. The most recent board was Day 153, 20 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 140, 7 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
REFURBISH starts with R and ends with H. Sorted, its letters read BEFHIRRSU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. R appears more than once.
Same letters, different word
2 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start REFURB
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found REFURBISH?
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 140 - and most players walked straight past it.
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