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BASION
Definition of BASION
noun
The middle of the anterior margin of the foramen magnum of the skull.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From New Latin, equivalent to basi- (“base”) + -ion (“cephalometric reference point”).
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.
BASION in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 52, 11 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 84, 12 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 18 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 52, 11 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
BASION starts with B and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read ABINOS - 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 BASION
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 52
Could you have found BASION?
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 52 - and most players walked straight past it.
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