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BEMOAN
Definition of BEMOAN
verb
To moan or complain about (something).
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English bemenen, bimenen, from Old English bemǣnan (“to bemoan, bewail, lament”); equivalent to be- (“about, concerning”) + moan. Alteration of vowel from Middle to Modern English due to analogy with moan.
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 (2,855)
branch · 22.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, BEMOAN · 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.
BEMOAN in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 44 boards so far. 186 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 6, 27 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 156, 23 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 6, 27 May 2026.
Built from these letters
BEMOAN starts with B and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read ABEMNO - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start BEMOAN
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 6
Could you have found BEMOAN?
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 6 - and most players walked straight past it.
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