The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
BLANKER
Definition of BLANKER
noun
An early form of screensaver that blanked out the screen display when it was not in use.
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Where it comes from
From blank + -er (agent noun suffix).
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.
BLANKER in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 7 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 24, 13 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 97, 25 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 5 days.
First found by a player on Day 24, 13 June 2026.
Also on
Built from these letters
BLANKER starts with B and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read ABEKLNR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start BLANKE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 24
Could you have found BLANKER?
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 24 - and most players walked straight past it.
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