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BEADSMAN
Definition of BEADSMAN
noun
A petitioner; someone who seeks some type of favour from another, usually from a superior.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From earlier bedeman, from Middle English bedeman (“a petitioner”), equivalent to bead (“request, petition, prayer”) + -man.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Middle English
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
4th
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
7.6%
of traced words share this origin (2,231)
branch · 22.3% of traced words
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
BEADSMAN in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 86, 14 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 121, 18 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 26 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 86, 14 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
BEADSMAN starts with B and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read AABDEMNS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Could you have found BEADSMAN?
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 86 - and most players walked straight past it.
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