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BESTORMING
Definition of BESTORMING
Wiktionary has no entry for BESTORMING itself. This is its base word, BESTORM.
verb
To overtake with a storm; assail with storms.
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Where it comes from
The origin recorded for BESTORM.
From be- + storm. Compare Old English bestyrman (“to agitate”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian bestoarmje (“to storm; besiege”), West Frisian bestoarmje (“to storm; besiege”), Dutch bestormen (“to storm, assault, rush, attack”), German bestürmen (“to storm, besiege, bombard, inundate”), Swedish bestorma (“to besiege, attack, assail”).
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OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
BESTORMING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 72, 31 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 97, 25 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 5 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 97, 25 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
BESTORMING starts with B and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read BEGIMNORST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start BESTOR
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found BESTORMING?
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