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BEMUSING
Definition of BEMUSING
adjective
Wryly perplexing.
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Another sense
BEMUSING carries a second meaning.
verb
Present participle of bemuse.
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, BEMUS · 3 relatives in the game
BEMUSING in a sentence
“Print MPs doubt supermarket scheme to spot carers Using supermarkets to identify carers has been described as a "bemusing" and "nonsense headline-grabbing idea" by members of the health select committee.”
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
BEMUSING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 41 boards so far. 89 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 20, 9 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 158, 25 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 4 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 20, 9 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
BEMUSING starts with B and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read BEGIMNSU - 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.
Also seen on Day 20
Could you have found BEMUSING?
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 20 - and most players walked straight past it.
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