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BEHEADING

/bɪˈhɛˌdɪŋ/9 letters

Definition of BEHEADING

verb

present participle and gerund of behead

BEHEAD

verb

To deliberately remove the head of; to cut off (someone's) head.

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

From behead + -ing.

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

Word DNA

How it is built

verb3 syllablescompound-ing

Same root, BEHEAD · 6 relatives in the game

The Word DNA of OUTLIER →

Rarity score
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Revealed only in play
Tier
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Find it yourself

OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

BEHEADING in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 18 boards so far. 27 players have found it across Outlier's history.

Day 1Day 168
Its 18 boards, across 168 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
18
Boards found on
37
First board
151
Latest board
13
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 37, 26 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 151, 18 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 17 days.

First ever to find it

danman18

on Day 37, 26 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

BEHEADING
9
Letters
4
Vowels
5
Consonants
8
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
2
Longest vowel run

BEHEADING starts with B and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read ABDEEGHIN - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.

Words that start BEHEAD

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

Could you have found BEHEADING?

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 37 - and most players walked straight past it.

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