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BEQUESTING
Definition of BEQUESTING
verb
present participle and gerund of bequest
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Word DNA
BEQUESTING inherits its ancestry from its root, BEQUEST.
Line of descent
4 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
2nd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
14.2%
of traced words share this origin (11,595)
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.
BEQUESTING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far. 11 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 150, 17 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 15 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 150, 17 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
BEQUESTING starts with B and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read BEEGINQSTU - 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.
Could you have found BEQUESTING?
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 150 - and most players walked straight past it.
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