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BESMUTCHING
Definition of BESMUTCHING
verb
present participle and gerund of besmutch
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Word DNA
BESMUTCHING inherits its ancestry from its root, BESMUTCH.
How it is built
Same root, BESMUTCH · 2 relatives in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
BESMUTCHING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 5 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 72, 31 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 148, 15 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First ever to find it
on Day 79, 7 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
BESMUTCHING starts with B and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read BCEGHIMNSTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start BESMUTC
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found BESMUTCHING?
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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