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BESTICKS

8 letters

Definition of BESTICKS

verb

third-person singular simple present indicative of bestick

BESTICK

verb

To stick on the surface of; cover over.

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Word DNA

BESTICKS inherits its ancestry from its root, BESTICK.

How it is built

verbcompoundbe-

Same root, BESTICK · 2 relatives in the game

The Word DNA of OUTLIER →

Rarity score
Withheld
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.

BESTICKS in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 1 board so far.

Day 1Day 170
Its one board, across 170 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
1
Boards found on
140
First board
30
Days since seen

It first turned up on Day 140, 7 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 30 days.

First ever to find it

ntdawson

on Day 140, 7 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

BESTICKS
8
Letters
2
Vowels
6
Consonants
7
Different letters
3
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

BESTICKS starts with B and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read BCEIKSST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. S appears more than once.

Words that start BESTIC

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

Could you have found BESTICKS?

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 140 - and most players walked straight past it.

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