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BESOT
Definition of BESOT
verb
To muddle, stupefy, or cause to act foolishly, as with alcoholic liquor or infatuation.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From be- + sot. Compare to Middle English assoten, assotten (“to act foolishly; fall madly in love, become infatuated”).
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.
BESOT in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 34 boards so far. 66 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 26, 15 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 100, 28 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 26, 15 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
BESOT starts with B and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read BEOST - 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 BESOT
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 26
Could you have found BESOT?
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 26 - and most players walked straight past it.
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