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BLAFFS
Definition of BLAFFS
Wiktionary has no entry for BLAFFS itself. This is its base word, BLAFF.
verb
to bark
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
The origin recorded for BLAFF.
17th century, from Dutch blaffen.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Dutch
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
15th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
0.8%
of traced words share this origin (253)
branch · 22.3% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, BLAFF · 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.
BLAFFS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 151, 18 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 151, 18 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
BLAFFS starts with B and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ABFFLS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. F appears more than once, including a double letter.
Could you have found BLAFFS?
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 151 - and most players walked straight past it.
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