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BETHANK
Definition of BETHANK
verb
To bestow thanks upon; to thank.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From be- + thank. Compare Dutch bedanken (“to thank”), German bedanken (“to thank”).
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.
BETHANK in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 97, 25 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 113, 10 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 7 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
BETHANK starts with B and ends with K. Sorted, its letters read ABEHKNT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start BETHAN
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found BETHANK?
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 97 - and most players walked straight past it.
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