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BASTARDY
Definition of BASTARDY
noun
The condition of being illegitimate, of being born to an unmarried woman and man or as the fruit of adultery.
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Where it comes from
From Middle English bastardie (also as bastardrie), a borrowing from Middle French bastardie. Equivalent to bastard + -y.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Middle French
- Middle English
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
13th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
1.1%
of traced words share this origin (881)
branch · 12.8% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, BASTARDY · 1 relative in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
BASTARDY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 27 boards so far. 54 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 34, 23 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 164, 31 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 4 days.
First found by a player on Day 34, 23 June 2026.
Built from these letters
BASTARDY starts with B and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read AABDRSTY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Words that start BASTAR
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 34
Could you have found BASTARDY?
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 34 - and most players walked straight past it.
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