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BEFLECKS

8 letters

Definition of BEFLECKS

verb

third-person singular simple present indicative of befleck

BEFLECK

verb

to cover with small spots or flecks

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Word DNA

BEFLECKS inherits its ancestry from its root, BEFLECK.

How it is built

verbcompoundbe-

Same root, BEFLECK · 3 relatives in the game

The Word DNA of OUTLIER →

Rarity score
Withheld
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.

BEFLECKS in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 6 boards so far.

Day 1Day 166
Its 6 boards, across 166 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
6
Boards found on
113
First board
164
Latest board
23
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 113, 10 September 2026. The most recent board was Day 164, 31 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.

First ever to find it

ciscoqidPATRON

on Day 113, 10 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

BEFLECKS
8
Letters
2
Vowels
6
Consonants
7
Different letters
3
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

BEFLECKS starts with B and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read BCEEFKLS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.

Words that start BEFLEC

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

Could you have found BEFLECKS?

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 113 - and most players walked straight past it.

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