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BEDELS
Definition of BEDELS
noun
plural 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.
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Word DNA
BEDELS inherits its ancestry from its root, BEDEL.
Line of descent
- Middle English
- Latin
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
4th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
6.2%
of traced words share this origin (4,849)
branch · 22.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, BEDEL · 2 relatives in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
BEDELS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 97, 25 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 146, 13 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 13 days.
First found by a player on Day 97, 25 August 2026.
Built from these letters
BEDELS starts with B and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read BDEELS - 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 BEDELS
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found BEDELS?
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 97 - and most players walked straight past it.
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