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BEDUNGS
Definition of BEDUNGS
verb
third-person singular simple present indicative of bedung
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Word DNA
BEDUNGS inherits its ancestry from its root, BEDUNG.
Line of descent
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
8th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
3.1%
of traced words share this origin (919)
branch · 22.3% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, BEDUNG · 1 relative in the game
Its etymology also names Dutch.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
BEDUNGS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 72, 31 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 151, 18 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First ever to find it
on Day 84, 12 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
BEDUNGS starts with B and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read BDEGNSU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start BEDUNG
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found BEDUNGS?
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 72 - and most players walked straight past it.
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