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BEZEL

/ˈbɛz.əl/5 letters

Definition of BEZEL

noun

The sloping edge or face on a cutting tool.

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

Borrowed from French bisel, a dialectal variant of biseau (“sloping edge”), a variation on bijou (“jewel”), itself from Breton bisou, bizou (“ring worn on the finger”), from biz (“finger”). Unrelated to similar bevel, which is of a different French origin.

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.

BEZEL in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 4 boards so far.

Day 1Day 102
Its 4 boards, across 102 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
4
Boards found on
4
First board
68
Latest board
32
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 4, 25 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 68, 27 July 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 34 days.

First ever to find it

travelgirl

on Day 4, 25 May 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

BEZEL
5
Letters
2
Vowels
3
Consonants
4
Different letters
1
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

BEZEL starts with B and ends with L. Sorted, its letters read BEELZ - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once. It uses Z - among the least common letters in written English.

Words that start BEZEL

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

Could you have found BEZEL?

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 4 - and most players walked straight past it.

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