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BELOVE
Definition of BELOVE
verb
simple past of belive
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English belove, from Old English belāf, first and third person singular past indicative of belīfan (“to remain”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Old English
- Middle English
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
7th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
3.7%
of traced words share this origin (2,881)
branch · 22.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, BELOVE · 4 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.
BELOVE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 88, 16 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 146, 13 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 12 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 88, 16 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
BELOVE starts with B and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read BEELOV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Words that start BELOVE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found BELOVE?
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 88 - and most players walked straight past it.
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