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BASELINER
Definition of BASELINER
noun
A player who plays from the baseline, seldom moving to the net.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From baseline + -er.
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.
BASELINER in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 39, 28 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 94, 22 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 26 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 39, 28 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
BASELINER starts with B and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read ABEEILNRS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E 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 BASELI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found BASELINER?
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 39 - and most players walked straight past it.
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