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BAULKED
Definition of BAULKED
verb
simple past and past participle of baulk
BALK · via baulk
noun
An uncultivated ridge formed in the open field system, caused by the action of ploughing.
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Word DNA
BAULKED inherits its ancestry from its root, BALK.
Line of descent
4 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
6th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
4.7%
of traced words share this origin (3,691)
branch · 22.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, BALK · 17 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Dutch, Italian.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
BAULKED in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 27 boards so far. 35 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 21, 10 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 144, 11 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 12 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 21, 10 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
BAULKED starts with B and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read ABDEKLU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Also seen on Day 21
Could you have found BAULKED?
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 21 - and most players walked straight past it.
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