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BEDSIDE
Definition of BEDSIDE
noun
A position at the side of one's bed.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English bedsyde, bedde syde (also as beddes side, beddes syde), equivalent to bed + -side. Compare German Bettseite (“bedside”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Middle English
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
4th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
6.2%
of traced words share this origin (5,246)
branch · 22.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, BEDSIDE · 1 relative in the game
Its etymology also names German.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
BEDSIDE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 146, 13 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 25 days.
First found by a player on Day 146, 13 October 2026.
Built from these letters
BEDSIDE starts with B and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read BDDEEIS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E and D appear more than once.
Could you have found BEDSIDE?
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 146 - and most players walked straight past it.
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