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BALEEN
Definition of BALEEN
noun
keratinous material that makes up the plates in the mouth of the baleen whale (Mysticeti), which it uses to trap its food; formerly used in corsetry.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English baleyne, from Old French baleine (“whale, whalebone”), from Latin balaena (“whale”), from Ancient Greek φάλαινα (phálaina, “whale”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
4 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, BALEEN · 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.
BALEEN in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 45 boards so far. 194 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 13, 2 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 151, 18 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 4 days.
First found by a player on Day 13, 2 June 2026.
Built from these letters
BALEEN starts with B and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read ABEELN - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once, including a double letter.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Also seen on Day 13
Could you have found BALEEN?
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 13 - and most players walked straight past it.
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