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YEST
Definition of YEST
noun
Obsolete spelling of yeast.
noun
An often humid, yellowish froth produced by fermenting malt worts, and used to brew beer, leaven bread, and also used in certain medicines.
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Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, YEST · 1 relative in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
YEST in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 13 boards so far. 13 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 14, 3 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 130, 27 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 14 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 14, 3 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
YEST starts with Y and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read ESTY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
3 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start YEST
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 14
Could you have found YEST?
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 14 - and most players walked straight past it.
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