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BALTI

/ˈbɔːl.ti/5 letters

Definition of BALTI

noun

A large iron pan having two handles, especially used in Pakistani cuisine

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

From Urdu بالٹی (baalti, “pail”), originally coined by Birmingham restaurateur Afzal Butt because English people had difficulty pronouncing karahi, the name of the dish used for cooking this food.

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

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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.

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Players have found it on 1 board so far.

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Boards found on
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First board
8
Days since seen

It first turned up on Day 94, 22 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 8 days.

First ever to find it

poppy15

on Day 94, 22 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

BALTI
5
Letters
2
Vowels
3
Consonants
5
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

BALTI starts with B and ends with I. Sorted, its letters read ABILT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.

Words that start BALTI

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