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BALISTAE
Definition of BALISTAE
noun
plural of balista
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OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
BALISTAE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 86, 14 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 16 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 86, 14 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
BALISTAE starts with B and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read AABEILST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Same letters, different word
2 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Could you have found BALISTAE?
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 86 - and most players walked straight past it.
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