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BENTS
Definition of BENTS
noun
plural of bent
BEND · via bent
verb
To cause (something) to change its shape into a curve, by physical force, chemical action, or any other means.
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Word DNA
BENTS inherits its ancestry from its root, BENT.
Line of descent
- Middle English
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
4th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
7.7%
of traced words share this origin (2,311)
branch · 22.3% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, BENT · 1 relative in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
BENTS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 88, 16 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 66 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 88, 16 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
BENTS starts with B and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read BENST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Could you have found BENTS?
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 88 - and most players walked straight past it.
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