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BETIMES
Definition of BETIMES
adverb
In good season or time; early, especially in the morning; seasonably.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English betymes, from bi (“by”) + time + adverbial -s. By surface analysis, betime + -s (adverbial suffix). Compare also betides.
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.
BETIMES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 12 boards so far. 16 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 33, 22 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 113, 10 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 6 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 33, 22 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
BETIMES starts with B and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read BEEIMST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Also seen on Day 33
Could you have found BETIMES?
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 33 - and most players walked straight past it.
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