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BLANCHES
Definition of BLANCHES
verb
third-person singular simple present indicative of blanch
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Word DNA
BLANCHES inherits its ancestry from its root, BLANCH.
Line of descent
6 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
2nd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
14.3%
of traced words share this origin (11,259)
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.
BLANCHES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 24 boards so far. 35 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 42, 1 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 159, 26 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 42, 1 July 2026.
Built from these letters
BLANCHES starts with B and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ABCEHLNS - 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 42
Could you have found BLANCHES?
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 42 - and most players walked straight past it.
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