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BATON
Definition of BATON
noun
A staff or truncheon, used for various purposes.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From French bâton. Doublet of baston.
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.
BATON in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 18 boards so far. 50 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 12, 1 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 111, 8 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 12, 1 June 2026.
Built from these letters
BATON starts with B and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read ABNOT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start BATON
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 12
Could you have found BATON?
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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