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BEFOUL
Definition of BEFOUL
verb
To make foul; to soil; to contaminate, pollute.
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Other senses
BEFOUL carries 4 further meanings.
transitive verb
To make dirty; soil. synonym: contaminate.
transitive verb
To cast aspersions upon; speak badly of.
To make foul; cover with filth; soil; tarnish.
transitive verb
To make foul; to soil.
Where it comes from
From be- + foul.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, BEFOUL · 4 relatives in the game
BEFOUL in a sentence
“The teabagger trolls that befoul this blog are Klansmen.”
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
BEFOUL in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 42 boards so far. 129 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 24, 13 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 159, 26 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First ever to find it
on Day 24, 13 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
BEFOUL starts with B and ends with L. Sorted, its letters read BEFLOU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that mean much the same
Near-synonyms of BEFOUL. Not interchangeable at the board - the grid decides that - but close in meaning.
Words that start BEFOUL
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 24
Could you have found BEFOUL?
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 24 - and most players walked straight past it.
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