The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
BESTUD
Definition of BESTUD
verb
To set with or as with studs; adorn with bosses.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From be- + stud.
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.
BESTUD 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 83, 11 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 26 days.
First found by a player on Day 83, 11 August 2026.
Built from these letters
BESTUD starts with B and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read BDESTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
3 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start BESTUD
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found BESTUD?
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 72 - and most players walked straight past it.
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