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BATELEUR
Definition of BATELEUR
noun
Any member of the species Terathopius ecaudatus of eagles, endemic to Africa and Arabia.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from French bateleur (“juggler”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
BATELEUR in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 46, 5 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 103, 31 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 46, 5 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
BATELEUR starts with B and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read ABEELRTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
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 46
Could you have found BATELEUR?
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 46 - and most players walked straight past it.
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