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BAYADERE
Definition of BAYADERE
noun
A female dancer.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From French bayadère.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
BAYADERE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 23, 12 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 104, 1 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 16 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 23, 12 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
BAYADERE starts with B and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read AABDEERY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A and E appear more than once.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start BAYADE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 23
Could you have found BAYADERE?
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 23 - and most players walked straight past it.
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