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BADMASH
Definition of BADMASH
noun
A rogue, ruffian or miscreant.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Hindustani بدمعاش (badm'āś) / बदमाश (badmāś) and its source, Persian بدمعاش (badma'âš), from بد (bad, “bad, evil”) + معاش (ma'âš, “life, livelihood”), ultimately from Arabic عَاشَ (ʕāša, “to live”). Compare lowlife, which is a similar formation in English.
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.
BADMASH in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 61, 20 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 92, 20 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 31 days.
First found by a player on Day 61, 20 July 2026.
Built from these letters
BADMASH starts with B and ends with H. Sorted, its letters read AABDHMS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Words that start BADMAS
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found BADMASH?
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 61 - and most players walked straight past it.
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