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BAWDKINS
Definition of BAWDKINS
noun
plural of bawdkin
BALDACCHIN · via bawdkin
noun
A rich, embroidered brocade used for clothing in the Middle Ages, the web being gold and the woof silk.
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Word DNA
BAWDKINS inherits its ancestry from its root, BALDACCHIN.
Line of descent
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
10th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
1.7%
of traced words share this origin (1,366)
branch · 12.8% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, BALDACCHIN · 10 relatives in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
BAWDKINS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 4 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 103, 31 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 151, 18 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 15 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 103, 31 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
BAWDKINS starts with B and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ABDIKNSW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Could you have found BAWDKINS?
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 103 - and most players walked straight past it.
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