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BEND
Definition of BEND
verb
To cause (something) to change its shape into a curve, by physical force, chemical action, or any other means.
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Where it comes from
From Middle English benden, from Old English bendan (“to bind or bend (a bow), fetter, restrain”), from Proto-West Germanic *bandijan, from Proto-Germanic *bandijaną (“to bend”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰendʰ- (“to bind, tie”). Cognate with Middle High German benden (“to fetter”), Danish bænde (“to bend”), Norwegian bende (“to bend”), Faroese benda (“to bend, inflect”), Icelandic benda (“to bend”). Related to bind, band, bond.
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.
BEND in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 11 boards so far. 11 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 7, 28 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 104, 1 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 18 days.
First found by a player on Day 7, 28 May 2026.
Built from these letters
BEND starts with B and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read BDEN - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start BEND
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 7
Could you have found BEND?
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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