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BLEAKER

7 letters

Definition of BLEAKER

adjective

comparative form of bleak: more bleak

BLEAK

adjective

Without color; pale; pallid.

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Word DNA

BLEAKER inherits its ancestry from its root, BLEAK.

Line of descent

  1. Middle English
  2. English

One recorded step before English.

Middle English

Deepest traced root

4th

of 59 source languages in OUTLIER

6.1%

of traced words share this origin (4,784)

Germanic

branch · 22.6% of traced words

How it is built

adjective

Same root, BLEAK · 5 relatives in the game

Its etymology also names Danish, Dutch, Icelandic, Norwegian, Old English, Old Norse, Proto-Germanic, Swedish.

Every Middle English word → · The Word DNA of OUTLIER →

Rarity score
Withheld
Revealed only in play
Tier
Withheld
Find it yourself

OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

BLEAKER in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 19 boards so far. 49 players have found it across Outlier's history.

Day 1Day 156
Its 19 boards, across 156 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
19
Boards found on
13
First board
144
Latest board
23
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 13, 2 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 144, 11 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 12 days.

First ever to find it

katertot

on Day 13, 2 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

BLEAKER
7
Letters
3
Vowels
4
Consonants
6
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
2
Longest vowel run

BLEAKER starts with B and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read ABEEKLR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.

Words that start BLEAKE

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

Could you have found BLEAKER?

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 13 - and most players walked straight past it.

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