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BALKANISED
Definition of BALKANISED
verb
simple past and past participle of balkanise
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Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, BALKANISE · 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.
BALKANISED in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 20 boards so far. 34 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 47, 6 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 148, 15 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 47, 6 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
BALKANISED starts with B and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read AABDEIKLNS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Words that start BALKAN
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 47
Could you have found BALKANISED?
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 47 - and most players walked straight past it.
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