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BETOKEN
Definition of BETOKEN
verb
To signify by some visible object; show by signs or tokens.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English bitoknen, bitacnen, from Old English betācnian (“to betoken, signify, designate”), from Proto-West Germanic *bitaiknijan. Equivalent to be- + token. Cognate with Dutch betekenen (“to mean, signify”), German bezeichnen (“to call, designate”), Swedish beteckna (“to represent, designate, indicate”) and Danish betegne (“to represent, designate, indicate”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
8th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
3.1%
of traced words share this origin (923)
branch · 22.3% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, BETOKEN · 1 relative in the game
Its etymology also names Danish, Dutch, Swedish.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
BETOKEN in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 18 boards so far. 33 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 42, 1 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 147, 14 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 6 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 42, 1 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
BETOKEN starts with B and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read BEEKNOT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Words that start BETOKE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 42
Could you have found BETOKEN?
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 42 - and most players walked straight past it.
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