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BEREFT
Definition of BEREFT
verb
simple past and past participle of bereave
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English bireft, v. Middle English bireven. Synchronically a form of bereaved; compare leave and left.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Middle English
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
4th
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
7.6%
of traced words share this origin (2,231)
branch · 22.3% of traced words
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
BEREFT in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 64 boards so far. 343 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 7, 28 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 147, 14 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First ever to find it
on Day 7, 28 May 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
BEREFT starts with B and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read BEEFRT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Could you have found BEREFT?
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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