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BESIDE

/bɪˈsaɪd/6 letters

Definition of BESIDE

preposition

Next to; at the side of.

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Where it comes from

From Middle English beside, besiden, bisyde (also besides > besides), from Old English be sīdan, bī sīdan (“by the side (of), on the side (of)”). Compare Saterland Frisian biesiede (“aside”), German Low German bisied (“aside”), German beiseite (“aside, to one side”). Compare also Dutch terzijde (“aside”). By surface analysis, be- + side.

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OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

BESIDE in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 3 boards so far.

Day 1Day 122
Its 3 boards, across 122 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
3
Boards found on
26
First board
84
Latest board
36
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 26, 15 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 84, 12 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 38 days.

First found by a player on Day 26, 15 June 2026.

Built from these letters

BESIDE
6
Letters
3
Vowels
3
Consonants
5
Different letters
1
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

BESIDE starts with B and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read BDEEIS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.

Words that start BESIDE

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

BESIDES

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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 26 - and most players walked straight past it.

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