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BEWARE

/biˈwɛɚ/6 letters

Definition of BEWARE

verb

To use caution, pay attention to (used both with and without of).

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

From Middle English bewar, be war, be ware, forms of Middle English ben ware (“to be on one's guard, be vigilant”, literally “be ware”), equivalent to be + ware or be + aware. Compare Old English bewarian.

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

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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.

BEWARE in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 14 boards so far. 134 players have found it across Outlier's history.

Day 1Day 109
Its 14 boards, across 109 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
14
Boards found on
23
First board
107
Latest board
22
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 23, 12 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 107, 4 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.

First ever to find it

rhea

on Day 23, 12 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

BEWARE
6
Letters
3
Vowels
3
Consonants
5
Different letters
1
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

BEWARE starts with B and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read ABEERW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.

Words that start BEWARE

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

Could you have found BEWARE?

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 23 - and most players walked straight past it.

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