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BEAK

/biːk/4 letters

Definition of BEAK

noun

A rigid structure projecting from the front of a bird's face, used for pecking, grooming, foraging, carrying items, eating food, etc.

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Where it comes from

From Middle English bec, borrowed from Anglo-Norman bec, Old French bec, from Latin beccus, from Gaulish *bekkos, from Proto-Celtic *bekkos (“beak, snout”), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *bak-, *baḱ- (“pointed stick, peg”). Cognate with Breton beg (“beak”). Compare Saterland Frisian Bäk (“mouth; muzzle; beak”); Dutch bek (“beak; bill; neb”).

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OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

BEAK in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 10 boards so far. 17 players have found it across Outlier's history.

Day 1Day 118
Its 10 boards, across 118 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
10
Boards found on
7
First board
115
Latest board
33
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 7, 28 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 115, 12 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.

First found by a player on Day 7, 28 May 2026.

Built from these letters

BEAK
4
Letters
2
Vowels
2
Consonants
4
Different letters
1
Longest consonant run
2
Longest vowel run

BEAK starts with B and ends with K. Sorted, its letters read ABEK - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.

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 BEAK

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

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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 7 - and most players walked straight past it.

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