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BEAU
Definition of BEAU
noun
A man with a reputation for fine dress and etiquette; a dandy or fop.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English beau, beu, bew, bewe, from Old French beau, from Latin bellus (“beautiful”). Doublet of bello and boo.
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.
BEAU in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 34 boards so far. 67 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 8, 29 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 109, 6 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 8, 29 May 2026.
Built from these letters
BEAU starts with B and ends with U. Sorted, its letters read ABEU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start BEAU
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 8
Could you have found BEAU?
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 8 - and most players walked straight past it.
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