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BABUSHKA
Definition of BABUSHKA
noun
An Eastern European old woman.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Russian ба́бушка (bábuška, “grandmother”), from Old East Slavic бабушка (babuška, “grandmother, midwife”). First attested in the 1830s.
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.
BABUSHKA in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 110, 7 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First ever to find it
on Day 110, 7 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
BABUSHKA starts with B and ends with A. Sorted, its letters read AABBHKSU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. B and A appear more than once.
Words that start BABUSH
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found BABUSHKA?
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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