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BLANKETY
Definition of BLANKETY
adjective
damnable, damned
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Fro blank + -ety, from the printer's mark (as in d—! for damn!).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
BLANKETY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 10 boards so far. 12 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 78, 6 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 156, 23 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 9 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 78, 6 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
BLANKETY starts with B and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read ABEKLNTY - 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.
Could you have found BLANKETY?
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 78 - and most players walked straight past it.
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