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BEFOOLING
Definition of BEFOOLING
verb
present participle and gerund of befool
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Word DNA
BEFOOLING inherits its ancestry from its root, BEFOOL.
Line of descent
- Middle English
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
4th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
7.6%
of traced words share this origin (2,319)
branch · 22.3% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, BEFOOL · 3 relatives 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.
BEFOOLING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 11 boards so far. 10 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 67, 26 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 144, 11 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 10 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 67, 26 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
BEFOOLING starts with B and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read BEFGILNOO - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start BEFOOL
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found BEFOOLING?
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 67 - and most players walked straight past it.
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