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BEATEN

/ˈbiː.tən/6 letters

Definition of BEATEN

adjective

Defeated.

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

From beat + -en.

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

Word DNA

How it is built

adjective2 syllablescompound-en

Same root, BEAT · 11 relatives in the game

The Word DNA of OUTLIER →

Rarity score
Withheld
Revealed only in play
Tier
Withheld
Find it yourself

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

BEATEN in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 8 boards so far.

Day 1Day 160
Its 8 boards, across 160 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
8
Boards found on
1
First board
144
Latest board
31
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 1, 22 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 144, 11 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 16 days.

First ever to find it

michaelPATRON

on Day 3, 24 May 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Also on

Built from these letters

BEATEN
6
Letters
3
Vowels
3
Consonants
5
Different letters
1
Longest consonant run
2
Longest vowel run

BEATEN starts with B and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read ABEENT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.

Could you have found BEATEN?

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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