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BASTED
Definition of BASTED
verb
simple past and past participle of baste
verb
To sew with long or loose stitches, as for temporary use, or in preparation for gathering the fabric.
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Word DNA
BASTED inherits its ancestry from its root, BASTE.
Line of descent
- Old French
- Middle English
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
9th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
2.9%
of traced words share this origin (2,358)
branch · 12.8% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, BASTE · 3 relatives 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.
BASTED in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 31 boards so far. 101 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 33, 22 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 162, 29 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 33, 22 June 2026.
Built from these letters
BASTED starts with B and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read ABDEST - 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.
Also seen on Day 33
Could you have found BASTED?
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 33 - and most players walked straight past it.
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