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BEAN
Definition of BEAN
noun
Any plant of several genera of the taxonomic family Fabaceae that produces large edible seeds or edible seedpods.
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Where it comes from
From Middle English bene, from Old English bēan, from Proto-West Germanic *baunu, from Proto-Germanic *baunō (“bean”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰabʰ- (“bean”). Cognate with Scots bene, bein (“bean”), North Frisian buan, Saterland Frisian Boone, West Frisian bean, beanne, Dutch boon, German Bohne, Luxembourgish Boun, Danish bønne, Faroese bøn, bøna, Icelandic baun, Norwegian Bokmål bønne, Norwegian Nynorsk bauna, baune, bogna, bønne, Swedish böna, Irish pónaire, Manx poanrey, Scottish Gaelic pònair, Latin faba, Russian боб (bob), Serbo-Croatian bȍb / бо̏б. Doublet of fava.
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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.
BEAN in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 12 boards so far. 16 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 1, 22 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 109, 6 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.
First found by a player on Day 1, 22 May 2026.
Built from these letters
BEAN starts with B and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read ABEN - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
2 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start BEAN
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 1
Could you have found BEAN?
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 1 - and most players walked straight past it.
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