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BENEFIT
Definition of BENEFIT
noun
An advantage; help or aid from something.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Late Middle English benefytt, benefett, alteration (due to Latin bene-) of benfet, bienfet, bienfait (“good or noble deed”), from Anglo-Norman benfet (“well-done”), Middle French bienfait, from Old French bienfet, bienfait (“foredeal, favour”), from past participle of bienfaire (“to do good, do well”), from bien (“well”) + faire (“to do”), modelled after Latin benefactum (“good deed”). More at benefactor.
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.
BENEFIT in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 6 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 6, 27 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 92, 20 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 10 days.
First found by a player on Day 6, 27 May 2026.
Built from these letters
BENEFIT starts with B and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read BEEFINT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Words that start BENEFI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 6
Could you have found BENEFIT?
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 6 - and most players walked straight past it.
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