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BADDERLOCKS
Definition of BADDERLOCKS
noun
The edible seaweed Alaria esculenta
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Perhaps Baldr's locks, after the Norse god.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
BADDERLOCKS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 172, 8 November 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First found by a player on Day 172, 8 November 2026.
Built from these letters
BADDERLOCKS starts with B and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ABCDDEKLORS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. D appears more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start BADDERL
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found BADDERLOCKS?
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 172 - and most players walked straight past it.
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