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BETTER
Definition of BETTER
adjective
comparative degree of good and well
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Where it comes from
From Middle English better, bettre, betre, from Old English betera (“better”), from Proto-West Germanic *batiʀō, from Proto-Germanic *batizô (“better”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰed-rós, from *bʰed- (“good”). Cognate with Dutch beter, German besser, Danish and Norwegian Bokmål bedre, Norwegian Nynorsk betre, Swedish bättre, Faroese and Icelandic betri. Also Sanskrit भ॒द्र (bhadrá, “blessed; fortunate; happy; good”) (from *bʰn̥d-ró-s). Related to best and battle (“getting better; improving; fruitful; fertile”). Compare also Icelandic batna (“to improve”), bót (“improvement”), German besser. More at batten, boot. False cognate of Persian بهتر (behtar).
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OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
BETTER in OUTLIER
It has fitted 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 118, 15 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 118, 15 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
BETTER starts with B and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read BEERTT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E and T appear more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start BETTER
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found BETTER?
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 118 - and most players walked straight past it.
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