The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
BALS
Definition of BALS
noun
plural of bal
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OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
BALS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 5 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 7, 28 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 120, 17 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 68, 27 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
BALS starts with B and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ABLS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
3 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start BALS
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 7
Could you have found BALS?
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 7 - and most players walked straight past it.
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