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BEST
Definition of BEST
adjective
superlative form of good: most good.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English best, beste, from Old English bezt, betest, from Proto-Germanic *batistaz. Cognate with Scots best (“best”), Cimbrian peste, péste (“best”), Dutch best (“best”), German beste (“best”), Yiddish בעסט (best, “best”), Danish bedst (“best”), Faroese bestur (“best”), Icelandic bestur, beztur (“best”), Norwegian Bokmål and Norwegian Nynorsk best (“best”), Swedish bäst (“best”), Gothic 𐌱𐌰𐍄𐌹𐍃𐍄𐍃 (batists, “best”).
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.
BEST in OUTLIER
It has fitted 1 board so far. 12 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 118, 15 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 9, 29 May 2026.
Built from these letters
BEST starts with B and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read BEST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
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 BEST
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found BEST?
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 118 - and most players walked straight past it.
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