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BARTISAN
Definition of BARTISAN
noun
A parapet with battlements projecting from the top of a tower in a castle or church.
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Where it comes from
Borrowed by the Scottish novelist Walter Scott (see quotation) from Middle Scots bartisan, variant of bartising, from Middle English bretasynge. Doublet of bratticing.
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.
BARTISAN in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 67, 26 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 100, 28 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 22 days.
First found by a player on Day 67, 26 July 2026.
Built from these letters
BARTISAN starts with B and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read AABINRST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start BARTIS
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found BARTISAN?
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 67 - and most players walked straight past it.
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