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BEGUNK
Definition of BEGUNK
verb
To befool; deceive; balk; jilt.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Perhaps from a nasalised variant of Scots begeck (“to deceive, disappoint”), equivalent to be- + geck.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
BEGUNK in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 94, 22 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 8 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 94, 22 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
BEGUNK starts with B and ends with K. Sorted, its letters read BEGKNU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start BEGUNK
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found BEGUNK?
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 94 - and most players walked straight past it.
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