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BATTLEMENT
Definition of BATTLEMENT
noun
In fortification: an indented parapet, formed by a series of rising members called cops or merlons, separated by openings called crenelles or embrasures, the soldier sheltering himself behind the merlon while he fires through the embrasure or through a loophole in the battlement.
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Where it comes from
From Middle English batilment, from Old French bataillement, earlier bastillement (“fortification”), from bastillier (“to fortify, to equip with battlements”), from bastille (“fortress”) (see bastion). By surface analysis, battle + -ment.
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.
BATTLEMENT in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far. 22 players have found it across Outlier's history.
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
BATTLEMENT starts with B and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read ABEELMNTTT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. T and E appear more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start BATTLE
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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