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BESTEAD
Definition of BESTEAD
verb
To help, assist.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From be- + stead (“to support, help”).
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.
BESTEAD in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 109, 6 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 9 days.
First found by a player on Day 109, 6 September 2026.
Built from these letters
BESTEAD starts with B and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read ABDEEST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
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 BESTEA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found BESTEAD?
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 109 - and most players walked straight past it.
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