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BALKERS
Definition of BALKERS
noun
plural of balker
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Word DNA
BALKERS inherits its ancestry from its root, BALK.
Line of descent
4 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
6th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
4.7%
of traced words share this origin (3,696)
branch · 22.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, BALK · 17 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Dutch, Italian.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
BALKERS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 18 boards so far. 29 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 58, 17 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 158, 25 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 58, 17 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
BALKERS starts with B and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ABEKLRS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Also seen on Day 58
Could you have found BALKERS?
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 58 - and most players walked straight past it.
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