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BARMKIN
Definition of BARMKIN
noun
The battlement on the exterior fortification of a castle in northern England and parts of Scotland; a barbican.
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Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, BARMKIN · 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.
BARMKIN in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 7 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 62, 21 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 148, 15 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 5 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 62, 21 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Also on
Built from these letters
BARMKIN starts with B and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read ABIKMNR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Could you have found BARMKIN?
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 62 - and most players walked straight past it.
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