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BATOLOGY
Definition of BATOLOGY
noun
The scientific study of plants in the genus Rubus, commonly known as brambles.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Ancient Greek βάτος (bátos, “blackberry”) + -ology.
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.
BATOLOGY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 10 boards so far. 12 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 34, 23 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 109, 6 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 34, 23 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
BATOLOGY starts with B and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read ABGLOOTY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once.
Words that start BATOLO
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 34
Could you have found BATOLOGY?
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 34 - and most players walked straight past it.
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