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BABA
Definition of BABA
noun
A kind of sponge cake soaked in rum-flavoured syrup.
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Where it comes from
As one of the first utterances many babies are able to say, baba (like mama, papa, and dada) has come to be used in many languages as a term for various family members: These terms often continue to be used by English speakers whose families came from one of these cultures. In some cases, they may become more widely used in localities that have been heavily influenced by an immigrant community. Some senses were extensions of one of these family terms in the original languages ("old woman" from "grandmother", "holy man" from "father"). The "cake" sense comes through French, from Polish baba (“old woman”). The Middle Eastern word baba (as in Ali Baba) is rather a term of endearment, and is ultimately derived from Persian بابا (bābā, “father”) (from Old Persian pāpa; as opposed to the Arabic words أَبُو (ʔabū) and أَب (ʔab); see also Papak), and is linguistically related to the common European word papa and the word pope, having the same Indo-European origin. The Chinese word "baba", meaning father, comes from 爸爸.
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OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
BABA in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far. 12 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 110, 7 September 2026. The most recent board was Day 111, 8 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 110, 7 September 2026.
Built from these letters
BABA starts with B and ends with A. Sorted, its letters read AABB - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. B and A appear more than once.
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 BABA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found BABA?
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 110 - and most players walked straight past it.
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