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BAWDIES
Definition of BAWDIES
noun
plural of bawdy
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Word DNA
BAWDIES inherits its ancestry from its root, BAWD.
Line of descent
- Old French
- Middle English
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
9th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
2.9%
of traced words share this origin (2,351)
branch · 12.8% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, BAWD · 11 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Welsh.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
BAWDIES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 23 boards so far. 29 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 62, 21 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 162, 29 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 62, 21 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
BAWDIES starts with B and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ABDEISW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Could you have found BAWDIES?
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 62 - and most players walked straight past it.
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