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BLAX
Definition of BLAX
noun
Plural of black; black people, collectively.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From blacks (plural of black) with -x replacing the /ks/ sound.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, BLACK · 15 relatives in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
BLAX in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 157, 24 October 2026. The most recent board was Day 164, 31 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 6 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 157, 24 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
BLAX starts with B and ends with X. Sorted, its letters read ABLX - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram. It uses X - among the least common letters in written English.
Words that start BLAX
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found BLAX?
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 157 - and most players walked straight past it.
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