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BENCHMARK
Definition of BENCHMARK
noun
A standard by which something is evaluated or measured.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From bench + mark. First use appears c. 1842. Originally a mark cut into a stone by land surveyors to secure a bench (from land surveying jargon in the 19th century, meaning a type of bracket), to mount measuring equipment. The figurative sense first appears c. 1884.
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.
BENCHMARK in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 7, 28 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 97, 25 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 5 days.
First found by a player on Day 97, 25 August 2026.
Built from these letters
BENCHMARK starts with B and ends with K. Sorted, its letters read ABCEHKMNR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start BENCHM
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 7
Could you have found BENCHMARK?
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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