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MISBEGET

8 letters

Definition of MISBEGET

verb

To beget wrongly or badly. To produce children from an illicit or inappropriate union, especially when such children suffer birth defects. To create or produce something badly.

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

From mis- + beget. Compare Middle English misbeȝete (“an illegitimate child”, literally “one who is misbegotten”).

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

Word DNA

How it is built

verbcompoundmis-

Its etymology also names Middle English.

The Word DNA of OUTLIER →

Rarity score
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Revealed only in play
Tier
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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.

MISBEGET in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 3 boards so far.

Day 1Day 167
Its 3 boards, across 167 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
3
Boards found on
147
First board
156
Latest board
6
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 147, 14 October 2026. The most recent board was Day 156, 23 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 11 days.

First ever to find it

opheliaPATRON

on Day 147, 14 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

MISBEGET
8
Letters
3
Vowels
5
Consonants
7
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

MISBEGET starts with M and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read BEEGIMST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.

Words that start MISBEG

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

Could you have found MISBEGET?

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 147 - and most players walked straight past it.

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