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BETRAYAL
Definition of BETRAYAL
noun
The act of betraying.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From betray + -al.
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.
BETRAYAL in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 8 boards so far. 10 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 41, 30 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 100, 28 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First found by a player on Day 41, 30 June 2026.
Built from these letters
BETRAYAL starts with B and ends with L. Sorted, its letters read AABELRTY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start BETRAY
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 41
Could you have found BETRAYAL?
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 41 - and most players walked straight past it.
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