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BEMEAN
Definition of BEMEAN
verb
To mean; signify; inform.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English bemenen, equivalent to be- + mean (“to signify”). Compare Middle High German bemeinen (“to mean”).
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.
BEMEAN in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 96, 24 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 97, 25 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 5 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 96, 24 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
BEMEAN starts with B and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read ABEEMN - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start BEMEAN
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found BEMEAN?
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 96 - and most players walked straight past it.
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