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BEMUSE
Definition of BEMUSE
verb
To confuse or bewilder.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From be- + muse. In meaning, influenced by bemaze and later amuse.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
BEMUSE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 29 boards so far. 57 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 7, 28 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 158, 25 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 7, 28 May 2026.
Built from these letters
BEMUSE starts with B and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read BEEMSU - 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 BEMUSE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 7
Could you have found BEMUSE?
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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