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BEDEAFEN

/bɪˈdɛfn̩/8 letters

Definition of BEDEAFEN

verb

To deafen.

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

From be- + deafen.

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

Word DNA

How it is built

verb2 syllablescompoundbe-

Same root, BEDEAFEN · 1 relative in the game

The Word DNA of OUTLIER →

Rarity score
Withheld
Revealed only in play
Tier
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Find it yourself

OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

BEDEAFEN in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 1 board so far.

Day 1Day 177
Its one board, across 177 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
1
Boards found on
176
First board
1
Days since seen

It first turned up on Day 176, 12 November 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.

First ever to find it

arundel2212

on Day 176, 12 November 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

BEDEAFEN
8
Letters
4
Vowels
4
Consonants
6
Different letters
1
Longest consonant run
2
Longest vowel run

BEDEAFEN starts with B and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read ABDEEEFN - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.

Words that start BEDEAF

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

BEDEAFENSBEDEAFENEDBEDEAFENING

Could you have found BEDEAFEN?

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 176 - and most players walked straight past it.

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