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BLACKEN
Definition of BLACKEN
verb
To cause to be or become black.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English blaknen, blakkenen, equivalent to black + -en (verbal suffix).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
BLACKEN in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 5 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 30, 19 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 89, 17 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 13 days.
First found by a player on Day 30, 19 June 2026.
Built from these letters
BLACKEN starts with B and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read ABCEKLN - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start BLACKE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 30
Could you have found BLACKEN?
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 30 - and most players walked straight past it.
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