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BETES
Definition of BETES
Wiktionary has no entry for BETES itself. This is its base word, BETE.
verb
Obsolete spelling of beat.
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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.
BETES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 88, 16 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 14 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 88, 16 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
BETES starts with B and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read BEEST - 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.
Could you have found BETES?
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 88 - and most players walked straight past it.
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