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BETACISM
Definition of BETACISM
noun
A sound change in which [b] (the voiced bilabial plosive) shifts to [v] (the voiced labiodental fricative).
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From beta + -cism (“phenomenon related to a specific phoneme”).
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.
BETACISM 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 105, 2 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First ever to find it
on Day 105, 2 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
BETACISM starts with B and ends with M. Sorted, its letters read ABCEIMST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start BETACI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found BETACISM?
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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