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BEHOVED
Definition of BEHOVED
verb
simple past and past participle of behove
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Word DNA
BEHOVED inherits its ancestry from its root, BEHOVE.
Line of descent
4 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
3rd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
8.9%
of traced words share this origin (2,636)
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.
BEHOVED in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 20 boards so far. 44 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 39, 28 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 150, 17 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 39, 28 June 2026.
Built from these letters
BEHOVED starts with B and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read BDEEHOV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Words that start BEHOVE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 39
Could you have found BEHOVED?
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 39 - and most players walked straight past it.
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