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BEDEVIL

/bɪˈdɛvəl/7 letters

Definition of BEDEVIL

verb

To harass or cause trouble for; to plague.

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

From be- + devil.

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

Rarity score
Withheld
Revealed only in play
Tier
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OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

BEDEVIL in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 17 boards so far. 81 players have found it across Outlier's history.

Day 1Day 102
Its 17 boards, across 102 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
17
Boards found on
24
First board
100
Latest board
25
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 24, 13 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 100, 28 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.

First ever to find it

makays

on Day 24, 13 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

BEDEVIL
7
Letters
3
Vowels
4
Consonants
6
Different letters
1
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

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

Words that start BEDEVI

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

BEDEVILSBEDEVILEDBEDEVILINGBEDEVILLEDBEDEVILLINGBEDEVILMENTBEDEVILMENTS

Could you have found BEDEVIL?

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 24 - and most players walked straight past it.

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