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BENIGHT
Definition of BENIGHT
verb
To overtake (a traveller etc) with the darkness of night, especially before shelter is reached.
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Where it comes from
From Middle English benyghten, binighten, bynyȝten, equivalent to be- + night.
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.
BENIGHT in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 13 boards so far. 19 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 24, 13 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 100, 28 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 24, 13 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
BENIGHT starts with B and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read BEGHINT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start BENIGH
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 24
Could you have found BENIGHT?
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 24 - and most players walked straight past it.
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