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BECOME
Definition of BECOME
verb
begin to be; turn into .
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
A compound of the sources of be- + come. From Middle English becomen, bicumen, from Old English becuman (“to come (to), approach, arrive, enter, meet with, fall in with; happen, befall; befit”), from Proto-Germanic *bikwemaną (“to come around, come about, come across, come by”), equivalent to be- (“about, around”) + come. Cognate with Scots becum (“to come, arrive, reach a destination”), North Frisian bekommen, bykommen (“to come by, obtain, receive”), West Frisian bikomme (“to come by, obtain, receive”), Dutch bekomen (“to come by, obtain, receive”), German bekommen (“to get, receive, obtain”), Swedish bekomma (“to receive, concern”), Gothic 𐌱𐌹𐌵𐌹𐌼𐌰𐌽 (biqiman, “to come upon one, befall”). Sense of "befit, suit" due to influence from Middle English cweme, icweme, see queem. Displaced Old English weorþan.
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OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
BECOME in OUTLIER
It has fitted 1 board so far. 11 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 3, 24 May 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 103 days.
First found by a player on Day 19, 8 June 2026.
Built from these letters
BECOME starts with B and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read BCEEMO - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Also seen on Day 3
Could you have found BECOME?
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 3 - and most players walked straight past it.
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