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BEQUEST
Definition of BEQUEST
noun
The act of bequeathing or leaving by will.
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Where it comes from
From Middle English biqueste, bequeste (“will, testament, bequest”), from be- + quiste, queste (“saying, utterance, testament, will, legacy”), from Old English *cwist, *cwiss (“saying”) (compare Old English andcwiss, ġecwis, uncwisse, etc.), from Proto-Germanic *kwissiz (“saying”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʷet- (“to say”). Related to Old English andcwiss (“answer, reply”), Old English uncwisse (“dumb, mute”), Middle English bequethen (“to bequeath”). Not related to quest, which is from Latin. More at quoth, bequeath.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
4 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
2nd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
14.4%
of traced words share this origin (11,201)
How it is built
Same root, BEQUEST · 2 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Latin.
Every Proto-Indo-European word → · The Word DNA of OUTLIER →
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
BEQUEST in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 8 boards so far. 259 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 60, 19 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 150, 17 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 7 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 60, 19 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
BEQUEST starts with B and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read BEEQSTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once. It uses Q - among the least common letters in written English.
Words that start BEQUES
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 60
Could you have found BEQUEST?
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