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BETTERMENT

/ˈbɛtəmənt/10 letters

Definition of BETTERMENT

noun

An improvement or amelioration.

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

From better + -ment.

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

Rarity score
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Revealed only in play
Tier
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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.

BETTERMENT in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 1 board so far.

Day 1Day 120
Its one board, across 120 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
1
Boards found on
120
First board
0
Days since seen

It first turned up on Day 120, 17 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.

First ever to find it

softgalaxy

on Day 120, 17 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

BETTERMENT
10
Letters
3
Vowels
7
Consonants
6
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

BETTERMENT starts with B and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read BEEEMNRTTT - 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.

BETTERBETTERSBETTEREDBETTERINGBETTERINGSBETTERMOSTBETTERNESSBETTERMENTS

Could you have found BETTERMENT?

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 120 - and most players walked straight past it.

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