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BEMUSES
Definition of BEMUSES
verb
third-person singular simple present indicative of bemuse
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Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, BEMUS · 3 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.
BEMUSES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far. 12 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 153, 20 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 10 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 153, 20 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
BEMUSES starts with B and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read BEEMSSU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E and S appear 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.
Could you have found BEMUSES?
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 153 - and most players walked straight past it.
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