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BEATH
Definition of BEATH
verb
To bathe (with warm liquid); foment.
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Where it comes from
From Middle English bethen, from Old English beþian, beþigean, beþþan, bæþþan (“to heat, warm, foment, wash, cherish; bathe”), from Proto-West Germanic *baþþjan, *baþigōn, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₁- (“to warm”). Cognate with Middle Dutch betten, bessen (“to moisten with hot water, humidify”).
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Word DNA
Line of descent
4 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
2nd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
14.2%
of traced words share this origin (11,506)
How it is built
Same root, BEATH · 3 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Middle Dutch.
Every Proto-Indo-European word → · The Word DNA of OUTLIER →
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
BEATH in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 4 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 86, 14 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 143, 10 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 18 days.
First found by a player on Day 86, 14 August 2026.
Built from these letters
BEATH starts with B and ends with H. Sorted, its letters read ABEHT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
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 BEATH
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found BEATH?
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