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BLATANCY
Definition of BLATANCY
noun
The state or quality of being blatant.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Formed by analogy with the way that words that end in -ant that are derived from French typically form their noun forms. This is erroneous logic in this case, however, because blatant does not derive in any way from French, but is rather a native English formation using native English word parts (bleat and -and), that only later had its ending slightly modified to fit more with other words that were more commonly used, that happened to have the French-derived -ant suffix. Some other examples of the -and suffix changing to -ant over time are flippant and blicant.
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.
BLATANCY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 110, 7 September 2026. The most recent board was Day 119, 16 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First found by a player on Day 110, 7 September 2026.
Built from these letters
BLATANCY starts with B and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read AABCLNTY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Words that start BLATAN
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found BLATANCY?
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 110 - and most players walked straight past it.
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