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BAULKS
Definition of BAULKS
noun
plural 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
BAULKS 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.
BAULKS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 8 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 68, 27 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 136, 3 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 21 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 68, 27 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
BAULKS starts with B and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ABKLSU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Could you have found BAULKS?
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 68 - and most players walked straight past it.
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