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BEATEN
Definition of BEATEN
adjective
Defeated.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From beat + -en.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
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 6 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 1, 22 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 88, 16 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 18 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 3, 24 May 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
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.
Also seen on Day 1
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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