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BELEAGUER
Definition of BELEAGUER
verb
To besiege; to surround with troops.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Dutch belegeren and/or Middle Low German belēgeren; equivalent to be- + lair. Compare also German belagern, Danish belejre. The English spelling was perhaps influenced by unrelated league.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
BELEAGUER in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 113, 10 September 2026. The most recent board was Day 120, 17 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 113, 10 September 2026.
Built from these letters
BELEAGUER starts with B and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read ABEEEGLRU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Words that start BELEAG
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
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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 113 - and most players walked straight past it.
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