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BESOM
Definition of BESOM
noun
A broom made from a bundle of twigs tied onto a shaft.
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Other senses
BESOM carries 4 further meanings.
noun
A bundle of twigs attached to a handle and used as a broom.
To sweep as with a besom.
noun
A brush of twigs for sweeping; hence, a broom of any kind.
noun
A name given to the common broom of Europe, Cytisus scoparius, and to the heather, Calluna vulgaris, because both are used for besoms.
Where it comes from
From Middle English besme, beseme, from Old English besma, besema (“besom, broom, rod”), from Proto-West Germanic *besmō (“broom”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
8th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
3.3%
of traced words share this origin (2,700)
branch · 22.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, BESOM · 4 relatives in the game
BESOM in a sentence
“Note: [1] A besom is a long handled broom with the head made out of pieces of twig lashed together.”
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
BESOM in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 42 boards so far. 95 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 36, 25 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 158, 25 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.
First found by a player on Day 36, 25 June 2026.
Built from these letters
BESOM starts with B and ends with M. Sorted, its letters read BEMOS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that mean much the same
Near-synonyms of BESOM. Not interchangeable at the board - the grid decides that - but close in meaning.
Same letters, different word
2 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start BESOM
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 36
Could you have found BESOM?
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 36 - and most players walked straight past it.
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