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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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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).
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 19 boards so far. 35 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 36, 25 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 99, 27 August 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.
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.
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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