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BASEMENT
Definition of BASEMENT
noun
A floor of a building below ground level. Ellipsis of semi-basement, a floor mostly below grade
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Where it comes from
From base + -ment.
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.
BASEMENT in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 8 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 7, 28 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 94, 22 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 8 days.
First found by a player on Day 7, 28 May 2026.
Built from these letters
BASEMENT starts with B and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read ABEEMNST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Words that start BASEME
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 7
Could you have found BASEMENT?
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 7 - and most players walked straight past it.
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