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BATMAN
Definition of BATMAN
noun
A servant or valet to a military officer.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From bat (“packsaddle”) + man. The element bat is from French bât, from Old French bast, from Late Latin bastum, possibly from Ancient Greek βαστάζω (bastázō, “to bear, carry, lift”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Ancient Greek
- Latin
- Old French
- English
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
3rd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
12.2%
of traced words share this origin (9,477)
branch · 12.2% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, BATMAN · 2 relatives in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
BATMAN in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 19 boards so far. 29 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 12, 1 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 156, 23 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 12, 1 June 2026.
Built from these letters
BATMAN starts with B and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read AABMNT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A 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 12
Could you have found BATMAN?
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 12 - and most players walked straight past it.
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