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BALKY
Definition of BALKY
adjective
Refusing to proceed or cooperate.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From balk + -y.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
BALKY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 17 boards so far. 38 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 21, 10 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 109, 6 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 21, 10 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
BALKY starts with B and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read ABKLY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Also seen on Day 21
Could you have found BALKY?
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 21 - and most players walked straight past it.
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