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BEWOUND

/bɪˈwuːnd/7 letters

Definition of BEWOUND

verb

To wound all over; cover or afflict with wounds.

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

From be- + wound.

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

Word DNA

How it is built

verb2 syllablescompoundbe-

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.

BEWOUND in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 2 boards so far.

Day 1Day 172
Its 2 boards, across 172 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
2
Boards found on
158
First board
159
Latest board
1
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 158, 25 October 2026. The most recent board was Day 159, 26 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 13 days.

First ever to find it

drheck

on Day 158, 25 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

BEWOUND
7
Letters
3
Vowels
4
Consonants
7
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
2
Longest vowel run

BEWOUND starts with B and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read BDENOUW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.

Same letters, different word

One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.

Could you have found BEWOUND?

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 158 - and most players walked straight past it.

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