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BEDUNCES

8 letters

Definition of BEDUNCES

verb

third-person singular simple present indicative of bedunce

BEDUNCE

verb

To treat as, or reduce to, a dunce; to make stupid.

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Word DNA

BEDUNCES inherits its ancestry from its root, BEDUNCE.

How it is built

verbcompoundbe-

Same root, BEDUNCE · 3 relatives in the game

The Word DNA of OUTLIER →

Rarity score
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Revealed only in play
Tier
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Find it yourself

OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

BEDUNCES in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 1 board so far.

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Boards found on
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First board
2
Days since seen

It first turned up on Day 174, 10 November 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.

First ever to find it

erikkennedy

on Day 174, 10 November 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

BEDUNCES
8
Letters
3
Vowels
5
Consonants
7
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

BEDUNCES starts with B and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read BCDEENSU - 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 BEDUNCES?

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 174 - and most players walked straight past it.

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