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BEEN
Definition of BEEN
verb
past participle of be.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English been (past participle), from Old English (ġe)bēon. By surface analysis, be + -en.
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.
BEEN in OUTLIER
It has fitted 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 3, 24 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 99, 27 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 7 days.
First found by a player on Day 7, 28 May 2026.
Built from these letters
BEEN starts with B and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read BEEN - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once, including a double letter.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start BEEN
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 3
Could you have found BEEN?
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 3 - and most players walked straight past it.
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