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BEFOULING
Definition of BEFOULING
verb
present participle and gerund of befoul
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Another sense
BEFOULING carries a second meaning.
verb
Present participle of befoul.
Word DNA
BEFOULING inherits its ancestry from its root, BEFOUL.
How it is built
Same root, BEFOUL · 4 relatives in the game
BEFOULING in a sentence
“The little Klansman Wildweasel is befouling his panties with fear.”
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
BEFOULING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 40 boards so far. 118 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 24, 13 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 142, 9 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 5 days.
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
BEFOULING starts with B and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read BEFGILNOU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start BEFOUL
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 24
Could you have found BEFOULING?
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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