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BALMINGS
Definition of BALMINGS
Wiktionary has no entry for BALMINGS itself. This is its base word, BALM.
noun
Any of various aromatic resins exuded from certain plants, especially trees of the genus Commiphora of Africa, Arabia and India and Myroxylon of South America.
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Where it comes from
The origin recorded for BALM.
Inherited from Middle English bawme, borrowed from Anglo-Norman and Middle French baume, from Old French basme, from Latin balsamum, itself from Ancient Greek βάλσαμον (bálsamon). Spelling modified 16th c. to conform to Latin etymology. Doublet of balsam and desman.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
6 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
3rd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
12.2%
of traced words share this origin (9,601)
branch · 12.2% 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.
BALMINGS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 156, 23 October 2026. The most recent board was Day 158, 25 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First found by a player on Day 156, 23 October 2026.
Built from these letters
BALMINGS starts with B and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ABGILMNS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
2 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start BALMIN
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found BALMINGS?
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 156 - and most players walked straight past it.
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