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BECUDGEL
Definition of BECUDGEL
verb
To cudgel thoroughly or soundly.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From be- + cudgel.
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.
BECUDGEL in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 103, 31 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 18 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 103, 31 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
BECUDGEL starts with B and ends with L. Sorted, its letters read BCDEEGLU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Words that start BECUDG
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found BECUDGEL?
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 103 - and most players walked straight past it.
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