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BITE
Definition of BITE
verb
To cut into something by clamping the teeth.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English biten, from Old English bītan (“bite”), from Proto-West Germanic *bītan, from Proto-Germanic *bītaną (“bite”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeyd- (“split”). Cognates include Saterland Frisian biete (“bite”), West Frisian bite (“bite”), Dutch bijten (“bite”), German Low German bieten (“bite”), German beißen, beissen (“bite”), Danish bide (“bite”), Swedish bita (“bite”), Norwegian Bokmål bite (“bite”), Norwegian Nynorsk bita (“bite”), Faroese and Icelandic bíta (“bite”), Gothic 𐌱𐌴𐌹𐍄𐌰𐌽 (beitan, “bite”), Latin findō (“split”), Ancient Greek φείδομαι (pheídomai), Sanskrit भिद् (bhid, “break”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
4 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
2nd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
14.2%
of traced words share this origin (11,769)
How it is built
Same root, BITE · 5 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Ancient Greek, Danish, Dutch, Icelandic, Latin, Norwegian, Sanskrit, Swedish.
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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.
BITE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 29 boards so far. 33 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 1, 22 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 166, 2 November 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 11, 31 May 2026.
Built from these letters
BITE starts with B and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read BEIT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start BITE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found BITE?
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