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BEGUILES
Definition of BEGUILES
verb
third-person singular simple present indicative of beguile
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Another sense
BEGUILES carries a second meaning.
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of beguile.
Word DNA
BEGUILES inherits its ancestry from its root, BEGUILE.
Line of descent
- Middle English
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
4th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
6.2%
of traced words share this origin (5,064)
branch · 22.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, BEGUILE · 5 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Middle Dutch.
BEGUILES in a sentence
“Fortunately, Twain was that rare motormouth whose every word beguiles us.”
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
BEGUILES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 57 boards so far. 172 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 19, 8 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 165, 1 November 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 19, 8 June 2026.
Built from these letters
BEGUILES starts with B and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read BEEGILSU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Words that start BEGUIL
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 19
Could you have found BEGUILES?
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 19 - and most players walked straight past it.
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