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BEEZER
Definition of BEEZER
noun
nose
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Unknown, perhaps from Spanish cabeza (“head”), though the meaning “head” appears to somewhat postdate “nose” in English. First attested in 1908, originally apparently as American boxing slang. Various sources have suggested a borrowing, perhaps by American sailors or marines, from Mandarin 鼻子 (“nose”). While the Mandarin may have reinforced an existing term, an ultimate derivation from Mandarin is improbable given the context and time frame of early use. (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “So tell us what the context that makes it improbable is.”)
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
41st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
0.1%
of traced words share this origin (89)
branch · 0.3% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, BEEZER · 1 relative in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
BEEZER in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 176, 12 November 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 176, 12 November 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
BEEZER starts with B and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read BEEERZ - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once, including a double letter. It uses Z - among the least common letters in written English.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Could you have found BEEZER?
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 176 - and most players walked straight past it.
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