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BALDAQUINS
Definition of BALDAQUINS
noun
plural of baldaquin
BALDACCHIN · via baldaquin
noun
A rich, embroidered brocade used for clothing in the Middle Ages, the web being gold and the woof silk.
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Word DNA
BALDAQUINS inherits its ancestry from its root, BALDACCHIN.
Line of descent
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
10th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
1.7%
of traced words share this origin (1,366)
branch · 12.8% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, BALDACCHIN · 10 relatives 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.
BALDAQUINS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 150, 17 October 2026. The most recent board was Day 164, 31 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 150, 17 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
BALDAQUINS starts with B and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AABDILNQSU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once. It uses Q - among the least common letters in written English.
Could you have found BALDAQUINS?
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 150 - and most players walked straight past it.
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