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BEWITCHING

/bəˈwɪt͡ʃɪŋ/10 letters

Definition of BEWITCHING

noun

The act by which somebody is bewitched; a curse or enchantment.

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

From bewitch + -ing.

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

Word DNA

How it is built

noun3 syllablescompound-ing

Same root, BEWITCH · 10 relatives in the game

The Word DNA of OUTLIER →

Rarity score
Withheld
Revealed only in play
Tier
Withheld
Find it yourself

OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

BEWITCHING in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 31 boards so far. 98 players have found it across Outlier's history.

Day 1Day 164
Its 31 boards, across 164 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
31
Boards found on
8
First board
163
Latest board
16
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 8, 29 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 163, 30 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.

First found by a player on Day 8, 29 May 2026.

Built from these letters

BEWITCHING
10
Letters
3
Vowels
7
Consonants
9
Different letters
3
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

BEWITCHING starts with B and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read BCEGHIINTW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I appears more than once.

Words that start BEWITC

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

Could you have found BEWITCHING?

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 8 - and most players walked straight past it.

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