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BARKHANS
Definition of BARKHANS
noun
plural of barkhan
BARCHAN · via barkhan
noun
An arc-shaped shifting sand dune comprising well-sorted (uniformly sized) sand.
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Word DNA
BARKHANS 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
0.5%
of traced words share this origin (374)
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.
BARKHANS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 163, 30 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First ever to find it
on Day 163, 30 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
BARKHANS starts with B and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AABHKNRS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Could you have found BARKHANS?
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 163 - and most players walked straight past it.
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