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BETONY
Definition of BETONY
noun
Any plant of the genus Stachys. Stachys officinalis (syn. Betonica officinalis, an herb used in traditional European medicine.
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Where it comes from
From Middle English betayny, betanie, from Medieval Latin betōnia (possibly through Old French), from Latin betōnica or ve(t)tōnica, from Vettones, a people in Lusitania. Compare French bétoine.
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.
BETONY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 7 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 24, 13 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 99, 27 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.
First found by a player on Day 24, 13 June 2026.
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Built from these letters
BETONY starts with B and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read BENOTY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Also seen on Day 24
Could you have found BETONY?
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 24 - and most players walked straight past it.
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