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BEDECK
Definition of BEDECK
verb
To deck, ornament, or adorn
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From be- + deck. Compare West Frisian bedekke (“to cover”), Dutch bedekken (“to cover, coat, overlay”), German bedecken (“to cover, top, overlay”), Swedish betäcka (“to cover, shelter”). Doublet of bethatch.
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.
BEDECK in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 13 boards so far. 104 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 7, 28 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 97, 25 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First found by a player on Day 7, 28 May 2026.
Built from these letters
BEDECK starts with B and ends with K. Sorted, its letters read BCDEEK - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start BEDECK
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 7
Could you have found BEDECK?
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 7 - and most players walked straight past it.
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