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BESMIRCH
Definition of BESMIRCH
verb
To make dirty.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English besmorchen (attested in besmorchid). Compare Middle English bismotered (“bespattered, soiled”). By surface analysis, be- + smirch.
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.
BESMIRCH in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 29 boards so far. 64 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 21, 10 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 97, 25 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 5 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 21, 10 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
BESMIRCH starts with B and ends with H. Sorted, its letters read BCEHIMRS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start BESMIR
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 21
Could you have found BESMIRCH?
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 21 - and most players walked straight past it.
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