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BALLS
Definition of BALLS
noun
plural of ball
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From ball + -s.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, BALL · 5 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.
BALLS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 166, 2 November 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 4 days.
First found by a player on Day 166, 2 November 2026.
Built from these letters
BALLS starts with B and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ABLLS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. L appears more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start BALLS
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found BALLS?
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 166 - and most players walked straight past it.
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