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BELIEVES
Definition of BELIEVES
verb
third-person singular simple present indicative of believe
verb
To accept as true, particularly without absolute certainty (i.e., as opposed to knowing).
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Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, BELIEV · 5 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.
BELIEVES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 169, 5 November 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First ever to find it
on Day 169, 5 November 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
BELIEVES starts with B and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read BEEEILSV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Words that start BELIEV
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found BELIEVES?
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 169 - and most players walked straight past it.
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