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BASIPETAL

9 letters

Definition of BASIPETAL

adjective

That develops, matures or opens from the apex towards the base in sequence

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

From basi- + -petal.

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

Word DNA

How it is built

adjectivecompound-petalbasi-

The Word DNA of OUTLIER →

Rarity score
Withheld
Revealed only in play
Tier
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Find it yourself

OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

BASIPETAL in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 1 board so far.

Day 1Day 142
Its one board, across 142 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
1
Boards found on
136
First board
6
Days since seen

It first turned up on Day 136, 3 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 6 days.

First ever to find it

stitchyfrood

on Day 136, 3 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

BASIPETAL
9
Letters
4
Vowels
5
Consonants
8
Different letters
1
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

BASIPETAL starts with B and ends with L. Sorted, its letters read AABEILPST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.

Words that start BASIPE

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

Could you have found BASIPETAL?

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 136 - and most players walked straight past it.

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