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BLANCH
Definition of BLANCH
verb
To grow or become white.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English blaunchen, from Old French blanchir, from Old French blanc (“white”), from Early Medieval Latin blancus, from Frankish *blank, from Proto-Germanic *blankaz (“bright, shining, blinding, white”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰleyǵ- (“to shine”). Cognate with blench (“to deceive, to trick”) through Proto-Indo-European, whence other etymology of blanch.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
6 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
2nd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
14.2%
of traced words share this origin (11,575)
How it is built
Same root, BLANCH · 5 relatives in the game
Every Proto-Indo-European word → · The Word DNA of OUTLIER →
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
BLANCH in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 28 boards so far. 48 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 31, 20 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 144, 11 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 19 days.
First found by a player on Day 31, 20 June 2026.
Built from these letters
BLANCH starts with B and ends with H. Sorted, its letters read ABCHLN - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start BLANCH
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 31
Could you have found BLANCH?
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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