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BACULINE
Definition of BACULINE
adjective
Of or pertaining to a rod or cane, or punishment with either of them.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Latin baculum (“staff”).
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.
BACULINE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 12, 1 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 72, 31 July 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 30 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 12, 1 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
BACULINE starts with B and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read ABCEILNU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start BACULI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 12
Could you have found BACULINE?
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 12 - and most players walked straight past it.
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