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BEHOLD
Definition of BEHOLD
verb
To look at or see (someone or something), especially appreciatively; to descry, to look upon.
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Where it comes from
From Middle English biholden, from Old English behealdan (“to hold, possess, preserve, belong, keep, observe, look at, take care, beware, be cautious, restrain, act, behave”), from Proto-West Germanic *bihaldan (“to hold with, keep”), equivalent to be- + hold. Cognate with Saterland Frisian behoolde (“to keep”), Dutch behouden (“to keep, restrain, preserve”), German behalten (“to keep, restrain, remember”), Danish and Norwegian beholde (“to keep”) and Swedish behålla (“to keep”).
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OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
BEHOLD in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 11 boards so far. 41 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 23, 12 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 96, 24 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 6 days.
First found by a player on Day 23, 12 June 2026.
Built from these letters
BEHOLD starts with B and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read BDEHLO - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start BEHOLD
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 23
Could you have found BEHOLD?
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 23 - and most players walked straight past it.
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