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BECLOTHE
Definition of BECLOTHE
verb
To clothe about; put clothes on someone or something; wrap or cover in clothing.
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Where it comes from
From be- + clothe, perhaps continuing Middle English *beclothen, *beclathen, *beclethen (suggested by Middle English bycladde (“dressed, clad”)), from Old English *beclǣþan, *beclāþian (“to put on clothing, clothe about”), from Proto-West Germanic *biklaiþijan, *biklaiþōn (“to clothe about”). Compare Saterland Frisian bekloodje (“to beclothe”), West Frisian beklaaie (“to beclothe”), Dutch bekleden (“to beclothe”), German Low German bekleden (“to beclothe”), German bekleiden (“to beclothe”), Danish beklæde (“to beclothe”), Swedish bekläda (“to beclothe”).
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.
BECLOTHE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 5 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 73, 1 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 118, 15 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First ever to find it
on Day 73, 1 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
BECLOTHE starts with B and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read BCEEHLOT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Words that start BECLOT
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found BECLOTHE?
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 73 - and most players walked straight past it.
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