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BELOVED
Definition of BELOVED
adjective
Much loved, dearly loved.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English beloved, biloved, equivalent to belove + -ed.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Middle English
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
4th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
6.2%
of traced words share this origin (4,835)
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.
BELOVED in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 31 boards so far. 115 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 7, 28 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 146, 13 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 12 days.
First found by a player on Day 7, 28 May 2026.
Built from these letters
BELOVED starts with B and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read BDEELOV - 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.
Also seen on Day 7
Could you have found BELOVED?
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 7 - and most players walked straight past it.
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