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YEST
Definition of YEST
noun
Obsolete spelling of yeast.
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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.
YEST in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 8 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 14, 3 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 90, 18 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 5 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.
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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