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BETS
Definition of BETS
noun
plural of bet
BET
symbol
ISO 639-3 language code for Guiberoua Bété.
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Word DNA
BETS inherits its ancestry from its root, BET.
Line of descent
4 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
8th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
3.3%
of traced words share this origin (2,881)
branch · 22.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, BET · 6 relatives in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
BETS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 7 boards so far. 15 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 24, 13 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 178, 14 November 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 24, 13 June 2026.
Also on
Built from these letters
BETS starts with B and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read BEST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Also seen on Day 24
Could you have found BETS?
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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