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BESMUTCH
Definition of BESMUTCH
verb
To besmirch.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From be- + smutch.
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.
BESMUTCH in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 72, 31 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 79, 7 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 23 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 75, 3 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
BESMUTCH starts with B and ends with H. Sorted, its letters read BCEHMSTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start BESMUT
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found BESMUTCH?
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 72 - and most players walked straight past it.
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