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BAETYL
Definition of BAETYL
noun
A meteorite or similar-looking rough stone thought to be of divine origin and worshipped as sacred.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Latin baetulus, from Ancient Greek βαίτυλος (baítulos, “a meteoric stone”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Ancient Greek
- Latin
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
3rd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
12.2%
of traced words share this origin (9,477)
branch · 12.2% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, BAETYL · 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.
BAETYL in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 18 boards so far. 20 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 62, 21 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 142, 9 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 13 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 62, 21 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
BAETYL starts with B and ends with L. Sorted, its letters read ABELTY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Could you have found BAETYL?
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 62 - and most players walked straight past it.
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