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BALISTA

7 letters

Definition of BALISTA

noun

Alternative form of ballista.

BALLISTA

noun

An ancient military engine, in the form of a crossbow, used for hurling large missiles.

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Word DNA

How it is built

noun

The Word DNA of OUTLIER →

Rarity score
Withheld
Revealed only in play
Tier
Withheld
Find it yourself

OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

BALISTA in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 12 boards so far. 19 players have found it across Outlier's history.

Day 1Day 147
Its 12 boards, across 147 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
12
Boards found on
49
First board
136
Latest board
24
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 49, 8 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 136, 3 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 11 days.

First ever to find it

anomaly_winter

on Day 49, 8 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

BALISTA
7
Letters
3
Vowels
4
Consonants
6
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

BALISTA starts with B and ends with A. Sorted, its letters read AABILST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.

Words that start BALIST

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

BALISTAEBALISTAS

Could you have found BALISTA?

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 49 - and most players walked straight past it.

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