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BATHORSE
Definition of BATHORSE
noun
A horse which carries an officer's baggage during a campaign
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From French bat (“packsaddle”) (compare cheval de bat (“packhorse”)) + English horse. See bastard and batman.
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.
BATHORSE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 72, 31 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 119, 16 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 100, 28 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
BATHORSE starts with B and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read ABEHORST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start BATHOR
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found BATHORSE?
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 72 - and most players walked straight past it.
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