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BESMOKE
Definition of BESMOKE
verb
To fill with smoke; act on with smoke; fumigate.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English besmoken, equivalent to be- + smoke. Cognate with Dutch besmoken, Middle Low German besmoken.
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
Same root, BESMOKE · 1 relative in the game
Its etymology also names Dutch, Middle Low German.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
BESMOKE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 144, 11 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 144, 11 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
BESMOKE starts with B and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read BEEKMOS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Words that start BESMOK
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found BESMOKE?
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 144 - and most players walked straight past it.
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