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BENDWISE
Definition of BENDWISE
adverb
Diagonally; placed like a bend, i.e. running from the dexter chief to the sinister base.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From bend + -wise.
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.
BENDWISE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 68, 27 July 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 54 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 68, 27 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
BENDWISE starts with B and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read BDEEINSW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Could you have found BENDWISE?
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 68 - and most players walked straight past it.
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