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BASQUE

/bæsk/6 letters

Definition of BASQUE

noun

The part of a waistcoat etc. extending below the waist.

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

Borrowed from French basque.

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

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

BASQUE in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 9 boards so far. 59 players have found it across Outlier's history.

Day 1Day 102
Its 9 boards, across 102 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
9
Boards found on
12
First board
96
Latest board
29
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 12, 1 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 96, 24 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 6 days.

First found by a player on Day 12, 1 June 2026.

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Built from these letters

BASQUE
6
Letters
3
Vowels
3
Consonants
6
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
2
Longest vowel run

BASQUE starts with B and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read ABEQSU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram. It uses Q - among the least common letters in written English.

Words that start BASQUE

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

BASQUEDBASQUES

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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 12 - and most players walked straight past it.

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