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BLASPHEMY
Definition of BLASPHEMY
noun
An act of irreverence or contempt toward a god or toward something considered sacred; an impious act, utterance, view, etc.
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Where it comes from
From Middle English blasfemie, from Old French blasfemie, from Ecclesiastical Latin blasphēmia, from Ancient Greek βλασφημία (blasphēmía, “profanity”), from βλασφημέω (blasphēméō, “to slander”). Displaced native Old English tāl.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
4 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
2nd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
12.6%
of traced words share this origin (3,770)
branch · 12.6% of traced words
How it is built
Its etymology also names Old English.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
BLASPHEMY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 51 boards so far. 245 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 7, 28 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 150, 17 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 7, 28 May 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
BLASPHEMY starts with B and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read ABEHLMPSY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start BLASPH
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 7
Could you have found BLASPHEMY?
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 7 - and most players walked straight past it.
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