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BALLADRY
Definition of BALLADRY
noun
ballads considered as a group; also, the sharing (transmission), making and performing of ballads, ballads as an activity, as a tradition, as a body of work, as a craft, as implying a community of singers, makers and lovers of ballads.
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Where it comes from
From ballad + -ry.
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Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, BALLAD · 4 relatives 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.
BALLADRY 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 34 days.
First found by a player on Day 137, 4 October 2026.
Built from these letters
BALLADRY starts with B and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read AABDLLRY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A and L appear more than once, including a double letter.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start BALLAD
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found BALLADRY?
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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