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BATIK
Definition of BATIK
noun
A wax-resist method of dyeing fabric.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Javanese bathik.
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.
BATIK in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 24 boards so far. 319 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 26, 15 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 110, 7 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First ever to find it
on Day 26, 15 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
BATIK starts with B and ends with K. Sorted, its letters read ABIKT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start BATIK
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 26
Could you have found BATIK?
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 26 - and most players walked straight past it.
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