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BEDEL
Definition of BEDEL
noun
An administrative official at universities in several European countries, often with a policiary function at the time when universities had their own jurisdiction over students.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Medieval Latin pedellus, bedellus, bidellus, from Middle English bedel; cognate with beadle.
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.
BEDEL in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 100, 28 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 100, 28 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
BEDEL starts with B and ends with L. Sorted, its letters read BDEEL - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Same letters, different word
2 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start BEDEL
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found BEDEL?
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 100 - and most players walked straight past it.
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