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BEAKERS
Definition of BEAKERS
noun
plural of beaker
noun
A flat-bottomed, straight-sided, glass vessel, with a lip and often a small spout, used as a laboratory container.
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Word DNA
BEAKERS inherits its ancestry from its root, BEAKER.
Line of descent
5 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
2nd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
12.7%
of traced words share this origin (3,825)
branch · 12.7% of traced words
How it is built
Its etymology also names Danish, Dutch, Italian.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
BEAKERS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 20 boards so far. 51 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 42, 1 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 151, 18 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 42, 1 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
BEAKERS starts with B and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ABEEKRS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears 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 BEAKER
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 42
Could you have found BEAKERS?
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 42 - and most players walked straight past it.
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