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BLAZEN
Definition of BLAZEN
verb
To set ablaze
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From blaze + -en.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, BLAZE · 4 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.
BLAZEN in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 165, 1 November 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 8 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 165, 1 November 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
BLAZEN starts with B and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read ABELNZ - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram. It uses Z - among the least common letters in written English.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start BLAZEN
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found BLAZEN?
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 165 - and most players walked straight past it.
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