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BARKANS
Definition of BARKANS
noun
plural of barkan
BARCHAN · via barkan
noun
An arc-shaped shifting sand dune comprising well-sorted (uniformly sized) sand.
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Word DNA
BARKANS inherits its ancestry from its root, BARCHAN.
Line of descent
- Russian
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
20th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
0.4%
of traced words share this origin (376)
branch · 0.7% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, BARCHAN · 6 relatives in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
BARKANS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 135, 2 October 2026. The most recent board was Day 164, 31 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 5 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 135, 2 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
BARKANS starts with B and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AABKNRS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Words that start BARKAN
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found BARKANS?
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 135 - and most players walked straight past it.
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