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BACULITE
Definition of BACULITE
noun
Any member of the genus †Baculites of extinct cephalopod heteromorph ammonites.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Latin baculum (“stick”) + -ite.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Latin
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
30.7%
of traced words share this origin (24,343)
branch · 30.7% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, BACULITE · 1 relative in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
BACULITE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 7 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 43, 2 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 138, 5 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 22 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 43, 2 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Also on
Built from these letters
BACULITE starts with B and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read ABCEILTU - 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 43
Could you have found BACULITE?
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 43 - and most players walked straight past it.
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