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BELTCOURSE
Definition of BELTCOURSE
noun
Alternative form of belt course.
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Word DNA
BELTCOURSE inherits its ancestry from its root, BELT.
Line of descent
4 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
30.7%
of traced words share this origin (24,117)
branch · 30.7% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, BELT · 7 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Danish, Dutch, Icelandic, Norwegian, Scots, Swedish.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
BELTCOURSE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 128, 25 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 30 days.
Built from these letters
BELTCOURSE starts with B and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read BCEELORSTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Words that start BELTCO
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found BELTCOURSE?
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 128 - and most players walked straight past it.
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