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BLACKENED
Definition of BLACKENED
adjective
Darkened to the point of appearing black; as: Synonym of charred.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English blakend, blakind, blakkenid, blakenid, equivalent to blacken + -ed.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Middle English
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
4th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
6.2%
of traced words share this origin (5,006)
branch · 22.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, BLACKEN · 4 relatives 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.
BLACKENED in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 24 boards so far. 91 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 31, 20 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 163, 30 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 31, 20 June 2026.
Built from these letters
BLACKENED starts with B and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read ABCDEEKLN - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Words that start BLACKE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 31
Could you have found BLACKENED?
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 31 - and most players walked straight past it.
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