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BAUDRICKS
Definition of BAUDRICKS
noun
plural of baudrick
BALDRIC · via baudrick
noun
A broad belt, originally of leather and often richly ornamented, worn diagonally from shoulder to hip (across the breast and under the opposite arm), which was formerly used to hold a sword, a bugle, etc., and is now chiefly worn for ceremonial purposes; also , any belt.
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Word DNA
BAUDRICKS inherits its ancestry from its root, BALDRIC.
Line of descent
5 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
8th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
3.3%
of traced words share this origin (2,759)
branch · 22.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, BALDRIC · 10 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Old Occitan.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
BAUDRICKS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 148, 15 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 19 days.
First found by a player on Day 148, 15 October 2026.
Built from these letters
BAUDRICKS starts with B and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ABCDIKRSU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start BAUDRI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
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