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BEMA
Definition of BEMA
noun
A platform from which speakers addressed an assembly.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Ancient Greek βῆμα (bêma, “a step”). Doublet of bima.
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.
BEMA in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 10 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 12, 1 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 104, 1 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 9 days.
First found by a player on Day 12, 1 June 2026.
Built from these letters
BEMA starts with B and ends with A. Sorted, its letters read ABEM - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
2 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start BEMA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 12
Could you have found BEMA?
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 12 - and most players walked straight past it.
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