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BAAS
Definition of BAAS
noun
An employer, a boss (frequently used as a form of address).
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Afrikaans baas. Doublet of boss.
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.
BAAS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 7 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 41, 30 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 121, 18 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 41, 30 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Also on
Built from these letters
BAAS starts with B and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AABS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once, including a double letter.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start BAAS
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 41
Could you have found BAAS?
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 41 - and most players walked straight past it.
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