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BEGIRD
Definition of BEGIRD
verb
To bind with a band or girdle; to gird.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English begirden, from Old English begyrdan (“to gird, clothe, surround, fortify”), from Proto-Germanic *bi- + *gurdijaną (“to gird”), equivalent to be- + gird. Cognate with Old High German begurtjan (“to begird”), Gothic 𐌱𐌹𐌲𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌳𐌰𐌽 (bigairdan, “to begird”). More at be-, gird.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
6th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
4.7%
of traced words share this origin (3,821)
branch · 22.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, BEGIRD · 2 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.
BEGIRD in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 11 boards so far. 11 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 34, 23 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 158, 25 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 4 days.
First found by a player on Day 34, 23 June 2026.
Built from these letters
BEGIRD starts with B and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read BDEGIR - 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.
Words that start BEGIRD
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 34
Could you have found BEGIRD?
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 34 - and most players walked straight past it.
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