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BEDUNCE
Definition of BEDUNCE
verb
To treat as, or reduce to, a dunce; to make stupid.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From be- + dunce.
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.
BEDUNCE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 92, 20 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 32 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 92, 20 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
BEDUNCE starts with B and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read BCDEENU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Words that start BEDUNC
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found BEDUNCE?
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 92 - and most players walked straight past it.
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