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BEWILDERING
Definition of BEWILDERING
adjective
Very baffling, confusing, or perplexing, often due to a very large choice being available.
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Where it comes from
From bewilder (“to confuse, disorientate, or puzzle someone, especially with many different choices”) + -ing (suffix forming nouns or noun-like words from verbs, denoting the act of doing something, an action, or the embodiment of an action; and forming the present participles of verbs).
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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.
BEWILDERING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 18 boards so far. 59 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 7, 28 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 100, 28 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First found by a player on Day 7, 28 May 2026.
Built from these letters
BEWILDERING starts with B and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read BDEEGIILNRW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E and I appear more than once.
Words that start BEWILDE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 7
Could you have found BEWILDERING?
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 7 - and most players walked straight past it.
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