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BETOILED
Definition of BETOILED
verb
simple past and past participle of betoil
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Word DNA
BETOILED inherits its ancestry from its root, BETOIL.
How it is built
Same root, BETOIL · 3 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Middle Low German.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
BETOILED in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 99, 27 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 146, 13 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 6 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 99, 27 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
BETOILED starts with B and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read BDEEILOT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Words that start BETOIL
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found BETOILED?
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 99 - and most players walked straight past it.
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