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BENEDICK
Definition of BENEDICK
noun
A recently married man, especially one who has long held out against marriage.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From the character in William Shakespeare's Much Ado About Nothing.
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.
BENEDICK in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 78, 6 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 24 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 78, 6 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
BENEDICK starts with B and ends with K. Sorted, its letters read BCDEEIKN - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Words that start BENEDI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found BENEDICK?
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 78 - and most players walked straight past it.
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