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BEHEST
Definition of BEHEST
noun
A command, bidding; sometimes also, an authoritative request; now usually in the phrase at the behest of and at one's behest.
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Where it comes from
From Middle English biheste, from Old English behǣs (“vow, promise”), from Proto-West Germanic *bihaisi, from *bi- (“be-”) + *haisi (“command”), from Proto-Germanic *haisiz, from *haitaną (“to command”). Final -t by analogy with other similar words in -t. Related to Old English behātan (“to command, promise”), Middle Low German beheit, behēt (“a promise”). Compare also hest (“command”), hight.
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.
BEHEST in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 31 boards so far. 125 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 27, 16 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 109, 6 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 27, 16 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
BEHEST starts with B and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read BEEHST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
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 BEHEST
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 27
Could you have found BEHEST?
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 27 - and most players walked straight past it.
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