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BARKENTINES
Definition of BARKENTINES
noun
plural of barkentine
BARQUENTINE · via barkentine
noun
A sailing vessel similar to a barque, but fore-and-aft (schooner) rigged on the mainmast
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Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, BARKENTINE · 1 relative 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.
BARKENTINES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 169, 5 November 2026. The most recent board was Day 172, 8 November 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First ever to find it
on Day 169, 5 November 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
BARKENTINES starts with B and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ABEEIKNNRST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E and N appear more than once.
Could you have found BARKENTINES?
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 169 - and most players walked straight past it.
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