The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.

BENEDICKS

9 letters

Definition of BENEDICKS

noun

plural of benedick

BENEDICK

noun

A recently married man, especially one who has long held out against marriage.

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Word DNA

BENEDICKS inherits its ancestry from its root, BENEDICK.

How it is built

noun

Same root, BENEDICK · 1 relative in the game

The Word DNA of OUTLIER →

Rarity score
Withheld
Revealed only in play
Tier
Withheld
Find it yourself

OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

BENEDICKS in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 1 board so far.

Day 1Day 173
Its one board, across 173 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
1
Boards found on
169
First board
4
Days since seen

It first turned up on Day 169, 5 November 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 4 days.

First ever to find it

velma

on Day 169, 5 November 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

BENEDICKS
9
Letters
3
Vowels
6
Consonants
8
Different letters
3
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

BENEDICKS starts with B and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read BCDEEIKNS - 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 BENEDICKS?

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 169 - and most players walked straight past it.

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