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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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Word DNA
Line of descent
4 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
2nd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
14.2%
of traced words share this origin (11,595)
How it is built
Same root, BETTER · 5 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Danish, Dutch, Icelandic, Norwegian, Persian, Sanskrit, Swedish.
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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. Nobody has seen it on a board for 46 days.
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.
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