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BEATER
Definition of BEATER
noun
Someone or something that beats.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English beter, betere, bettere, from Old English bēatere (“a beater; boxer, fighter; champion”), equivalent to beat + -er. Related to beetle (“a type of mallet”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Old English
- Middle English
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
7th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
3.7%
of traced words share this origin (2,890)
branch · 22.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, BEAT · 11 relatives in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
BEATER in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 6 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 24, 13 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 136, 3 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 23 days.
First found by a player on Day 24, 13 June 2026.
Built from these letters
BEATER starts with B and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read ABEERT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Same letters, different word
2 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Also seen on Day 24
Could you have found BEATER?
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 24 - and most players walked straight past it.
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