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BALSA
Definition of BALSA
noun
A large tree, Ochroma pyramidale, native to tropical America, with wood that is very light in weight.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Spanish balsa, from Paleo-Hispanic, probably Basque [Term?] or Iberian [Term?]. Not related to balsam.
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.
BALSA in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 7 boards so far. 16 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 28, 17 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 97, 25 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 12 days.
First found by a player on Day 28, 17 June 2026.
Also on
Built from these letters
BALSA starts with B and ends with A. Sorted, its letters read AABLS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Same letters, different word
5 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start BALSA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 28
Could you have found BALSA?
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 28 - and most players walked straight past it.
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