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BATTEMENT

9 letters

Definition of BATTEMENT

noun

A ballet move involving a beating action with an extended leg

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

Borrowed from French battement (“beating, hitting”).

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

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OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

BATTEMENT in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 1 board so far.

Day 1Day 120
Its one board, across 120 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
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Boards found on
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First board
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Days since seen

It first turned up on Day 120, 17 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.

First found by a player on Day 120, 17 September 2026.

Built from these letters

BATTEMENT
9
Letters
3
Vowels
6
Consonants
6
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

BATTEMENT starts with B and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read ABEEMNTTT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. T and E appear more than once, including a double letter.

Words that start BATTEM

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

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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 120 - and most players walked straight past it.

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