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BALLERINA
Definition of BALLERINA
noun
A ballet dancer A female ballet dancer. Ellipsis of prima ballerina (“the star female ballet performer in the company”).
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Italian ballerina.
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.
BALLERINA in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 110, 7 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 110, 7 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
BALLERINA starts with B and ends with A. Sorted, its letters read AABEILLNR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A and L appear more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start BALLER
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found BALLERINA?
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 110 - and most players walked straight past it.
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