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BASE
Definition of BASE
noun
Something from which other things extend; a foundation. A supporting, lower or bottom component of a structure or object.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English base, bas, baas, from Old French base, from Latin basis, from Ancient Greek βάσις (básis). Doublet of basis and bass.
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.
BASE in OUTLIER
It has fitted 52 boards so far. 14 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 1, 22 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 105, 2 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First found by a player on Day 26, 15 June 2026.
Built from these letters
BASE starts with B and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read ABES - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
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 BASE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 1
Could you have found BASE?
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 1 - and most players walked straight past it.
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