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BALAS
Definition of BALAS
noun
A type of rose-coloured spinel once thought to be a form of ruby.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Old English bales, balais, from Old French balais, from Arabic بَلَخْش (balaḵš), from Persian بلخش (balaxš), a form of بدخش (badaxš, “balas”), related to بدخشان (badaxšân, “Badakhshan”), the region where they are found.
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.
BALAS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 4 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 51, 10 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 86, 14 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 23 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 51, 10 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
BALAS starts with B and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AABLS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Same letters, different word
5 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start BALAS
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 51
Could you have found BALAS?
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 51 - and most players walked straight past it.
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