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BENT
Definition of BENT
verb
simple past and past participle of bend
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Where it comes from
From Middle English bent-, preterite stem (as in bente, benten, etc.), and Middle English bent, ibent, ybent, past participle forms of Middle English benden (“to bend”). Equivalent to bend + -t.
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.
BENT in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 9 boards so far. 10 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 7, 28 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 110, 7 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 12 days.
First found by a player on Day 7, 28 May 2026.
Built from these letters
BENT starts with B and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read BENT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start BENT
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 7
Could you have found BENT?
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 7 - and most players walked straight past it.
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