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BESPREAD
Definition of BESPREAD
verb
To spread over; to cover with.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English bispreden, equivalent to be- + spread. Cognate with Dutch bespreiden, Middle Low German bespreden, bespreiden, German bespreiten.
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.
BESPREAD in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 82, 10 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 109, 6 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 10 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 82, 10 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
BESPREAD starts with B and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read ABDEEPRS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start BESPRE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found BESPREAD?
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 82 - and most players walked straight past it.
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