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BATHYAL
Definition of BATHYAL
adjective
Relating to the ocean bottom, between the sublittoral and abyssal zones, at a depth of between 200 and 2000 metres
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From bathy- + -al.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
BATHYAL in OUTLIER
It has fitted 1 board so far. 36 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 60, 19 July 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 92 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 12, 1 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
BATHYAL starts with B and ends with L. Sorted, its letters read AABHLTY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Also seen on Day 60
Could you have found BATHYAL?
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 60 - and most players walked straight past it.
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