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BEACON
Definition of BEACON
noun
A signal fire to notify of the approach of an enemy, or to give any notice, commonly of warning.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English beken, from Old English bēacn (“sign, signal”), from Proto-West Germanic *baukn, from Proto-Germanic *baukną, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂u-, *bʰeh₂- (“to shine”). Doublet of buoy. Compare West Frisian beaken (“buoy”), Dutch baken (“beacon”), Middle Low German bāke (“beacon, sign”), German Bake (“traffic sign”), Middle High German bouchen (“sign”).
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.
BEACON in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 13 boards so far. 28 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 19, 8 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 110, 7 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 19, 8 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
BEACON starts with B and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read ABCENO - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start BEACON
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 19
Could you have found BEACON?
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 19 - and most players walked straight past it.
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