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THORNBILL
Definition of THORNBILL
noun
Any of the passerine birds of the genus Acanthiza, native to Australia.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From thorn + bill.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
THORNBILL in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 137, 4 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 39 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 137, 4 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
THORNBILL starts with T and ends with L. Sorted, its letters read BHILLNORT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. L appears more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start THORNB
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found THORNBILL?
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 137 - and most players walked straight past it.
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