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BEGUNKS
Definition of BEGUNKS
verb
third-person singular simple present indicative of begunk
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Word DNA
BEGUNKS inherits its ancestry from its root, BEGUNK.
Line of descent
- Scots
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
22nd
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
0.5%
of traced words share this origin (136)
branch · 22.3% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, BEGUNK · 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.
BEGUNKS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 47, 6 July 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 101 days.
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
BEGUNKS starts with B and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read BEGKNSU - 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.
Also seen on Day 47
Could you have found BEGUNKS?
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 47 - and most players walked straight past it.
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