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BEHOLDEN
Definition of BEHOLDEN
adjective
Obligated to provide, display, or do something for another; indebted, obliged for a bounden duty.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English biholden (“beholden, obligated”), past participle of biholden (“to behold, look at”, modern behold), though that verb does not mean "to bind, obligate".
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Middle English
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
4th
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
7.6%
of traced words share this origin (2,231)
branch · 22.3% of traced words
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
BEHOLDEN in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 54 boards so far. 336 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 23, 12 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 144, 11 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 23, 12 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
BEHOLDEN starts with B and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read BDEEHLNO - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Words that start BEHOLD
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 23
Could you have found BEHOLDEN?
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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