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BATSWING
Definition of BATSWING
noun
A kind of gas burner with a slit at the top that causes the flame to take the shape of a bat's wing.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From bat + -s- + wing.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, BAT · 16 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.
BATSWING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 31, 20 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 127, 24 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 29 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 31, 20 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
BATSWING starts with B and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read ABGINSTW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
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 31
Could you have found BATSWING?
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 31 - and most players walked straight past it.
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