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BALKINGLY
Definition of BALKINGLY
adverb
in a balking manner
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From balking + -ly.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
BALKINGLY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 137, 4 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 22 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 137, 4 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
BALKINGLY starts with B and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read ABGIKLLNY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. L appears more than once.
Words that start BALKIN
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found BALKINGLY?
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 137 - and most players walked straight past it.
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