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BESHREW
Definition of BESHREW
verb
To invoke or wish evil upon; to curse.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English beschrewen (“to curse, pervert”). By surface analysis, be- + shrew.
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.
BESHREW in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 14 boards so far. 19 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 41, 30 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 119, 16 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 41, 30 June 2026.
Built from these letters
BESHREW starts with B and ends with W. Sorted, its letters read BEEHRSW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Words that start BESHRE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 41
Could you have found BESHREW?
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 41 - and most players walked straight past it.
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