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BEEN
Definition of BEEN
verb
past participle of be.
BE
symbol
ISO 639-1 language code for Belarusian.
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).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Old English
- Middle English
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
7th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
3.7%
of traced words share this origin (3,038)
branch · 22.6% of traced words
How it is built
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 5 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 3, 24 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 151, 18 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 16 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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