The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
BEHOOVING
Definition of BEHOOVING
verb
present participle and gerund of behoove
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Another sense
BEHOOVING carries a second meaning.
verb
Present participle of behoove.
Word DNA
BEHOOVING inherits its ancestry from its root, BEHOOVE.
How it is built
Same root, BEHOOVE · 3 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.
BEHOOVING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 29 boards so far. 171 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 22, 11 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 143, 10 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 22, 11 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
BEHOOVING starts with B and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read BEGHINOOV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start BEHOOV
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 22
Could you have found BEHOOVING?
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 22 - and most players walked straight past it.
Play today's OUTLIER