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BALUSTERED
Definition of BALUSTERED
adjective
Having one or more balusters.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From baluster + -ed. Influnenced by Italian balaustrato or French balustrée.
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.
BALUSTERED in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 5 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 46, 5 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 80, 8 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 19 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 46, 5 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
BALUSTERED starts with B and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read ABDEELRSTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Words that start BALUST
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 46
Could you have found BALUSTERED?
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 46 - and most players walked straight past it.
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