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BASTINADOES
Definition of BASTINADOES
noun
plural of bastinado
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Word DNA
BASTINADOES inherits its ancestry from its root, BASTINADO.
Line of descent
- Spanish
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
12th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
1.1%
of traced words share this origin (985)
branch · 12.8% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, BASTINADO · 1 relative in the game
Its etymology also names French.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
BASTINADOES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 162, 29 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 14 days.
First found by a player on Day 162, 29 October 2026.
Built from these letters
BASTINADOES starts with B and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AABDEINOSST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A and S appear more than once.
Words that start BASTINA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found BASTINADOES?
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 162 - and most players walked straight past it.
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