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BALLETOMANE
Definition of BALLETOMANE
noun
A ballet enthusiast.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from French balletomane. By surface analysis, ballet + -o- + -mane.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- French
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
5th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
7.2%
of traced words share this origin (1,974)
branch · 15.4% of traced words
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.
BALLETOMANE 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 1 day.
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
BALLETOMANE starts with B and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read AABEELLMNOT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A, L and E appear more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start BALLETO
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found BALLETOMANE?
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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