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BESOUGHT

/bɪˈsɔːt/8 letters

Definition of BESOUGHT

verb

simple past and past participle of beseech

BESEECH

verb

To beg or implore something of (a person).

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Word DNA

BESOUGHT inherits its ancestry from its root, BESEECH.

Line of descent

  1. Old English
  2. Middle English
  3. English

2 recorded generations before English.

Old English

Deepest traced root

7th

of 59 source languages in OUTLIER

3.7%

of traced words share this origin (3,005)

Germanic

branch · 22.6% of traced words

How it is built

verb2 syllablescompoundbe-

Same root, BESEECH · 4 relatives in the game

Its etymology also names Dutch, German, Swedish.

Every Old English word → · The Word DNA of OUTLIER →

Rarity score
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Revealed only in play
Tier
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Find it yourself

OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

BESOUGHT in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 22 boards so far. 25 players have found it across Outlier's history.

Day 1Day 165
Its 22 boards, across 165 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
22
Boards found on
31
First board
163
Latest board
23
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 31, 20 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 163, 30 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.

First ever to find it

6c1

on Day 31, 20 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

BESOUGHT
8
Letters
3
Vowels
5
Consonants
8
Different letters
3
Longest consonant run
2
Longest vowel run

BESOUGHT starts with B and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read BEGHOSTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.

Could you have found BESOUGHT?

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 31 - and most players walked straight past it.

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