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BLAND
Definition of BLAND
adjective
Having a soothing effect; not irritating or stimulating.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Latin blandus (“pleasant”).
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.
BLAND in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 15 boards so far. 22 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 26, 15 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 109, 6 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 14 days.
First found by a player on Day 26, 15 June 2026.
Built from these letters
BLAND starts with B and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read ABDLN - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start BLAND
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 26
Could you have found BLAND?
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 26 - and most players walked straight past it.
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