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BASALTINE
Definition of BASALTINE
adjective
Consisting of, or resembling, basalt.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From basalt + -ine.
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.
BASALTINE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 47, 6 July 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 55 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 47, 6 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
BASALTINE starts with B and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read AABEILNST - 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 BASALT
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 47
Could you have found BASALTINE?
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 47 - and most players walked straight past it.
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