The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
BEGAN
Definition of BEGAN
verb
simple past of begin
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OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
BEGAN in OUTLIER
It has fitted 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 116, 13 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 47, 6 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
BEGAN starts with B and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read ABEGN - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
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 BEGAN?
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 116 - and most players walked straight past it.
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