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BEHOVE
Definition of BEHOVE
verb
To befit, to suit.
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Other senses
BEHOVE carries 4 further meanings.
Less correct spelling of behoove.
verb
and derivatives. See behoove, &c.
verb
To suit; to befit.
verb
be appropriate or necessary
Where it comes from
From Middle English behoven, bihoven (“to be necessary, requisite; to be compelled or required (to do something)”), from Old English behōfian (“to need; to be necessary”), from Proto-Germanic *bihōfōną (“to benefit, behove, need”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kap- (“to grab, seize”). The word is cognate with Old Frisian bihōvia (“to need”), Middle Low German behôven (“to need”) and Old Saxon *bihōvōn, Dutch behoeven (“to need”), obsolete German behufen (cf. Behuf), Danish behøve (“to need”), Norwegian behøve (“to need”), Swedish behöva (“to have use for, to need”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
4 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
2nd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
14.3%
of traced words share this origin (11,343)
How it is built
Same root, BEHOVE · 3 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Danish, Dutch, Middle Low German, Norwegian, Swedish.
Every Proto-Indo-European word → · The Word DNA of OUTLIER →
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
BEHOVE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 33 boards so far. 83 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 8, 29 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 159, 26 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First found by a player on Day 8, 29 May 2026.
Built from these letters
BEHOVE starts with B and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read BEEHOV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Words that mean much the same
Near-synonyms of BEHOVE. Not interchangeable at the board - the grid decides that - but close in meaning.
Words that start BEHOVE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 8
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