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BALEENS
Definition of BALEENS
noun
plural 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.
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Another sense
BALEENS carries a second meaning.
noun
Plural form of baleen.
Word DNA
BALEENS inherits its ancestry from its root, BALEEN.
Line of descent
4 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
2nd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
12.6%
of traced words share this origin (3,706)
branch · 12.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, BALEEN · 1 relative in the game
BALEENS in a sentence
“For reasons which our limited studies have not been able to establish, the baleens are the mental primitives of the Cetacea.”
Cachalot, 1980
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
BALEENS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 35 boards so far. 82 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 41, 30 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 150, 17 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 41, 30 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
BALEENS starts with B and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ABEELNS - 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 41
Could you have found BALEENS?
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 41 - and most players walked straight past it.
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