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BASHLYK
Definition of BASHLYK
noun
A protective cone-shaped hood with lappets for wrapping around the neck, used especially by Turks and Cossacks.
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Where it comes from
From Russian башлы́к (bašlýk), from Ottoman Turkish باشلق (başlık).
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.
BASHLYK in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 62, 21 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 89, 17 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 13 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 62, 21 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
BASHLYK starts with B and ends with K. Sorted, its letters read ABHKLSY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start BASHLY
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found BASHLYK?
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 62 - and most players walked straight past it.
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