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BAWDRIC
Definition of BAWDRIC
noun
Obsolete form of baldric.
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
BAWDRIC 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 (2,743)
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.
BAWDRIC in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 9 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 39, 28 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 162, 29 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 4 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 39, 28 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
BAWDRIC starts with B and ends with C. Sorted, its letters read ABCDIRW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Also seen on Day 39
Could you have found BAWDRIC?
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 39 - and most players walked straight past it.
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