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BLEAR
Definition of BLEAR
adjective
Dim; unclear from water or rheum.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English blere, related to Low German bleeroged (“bleareyed”), Middle High German blerre (“double vision”), German Blerre (“double vision”). Perhaps also related to blur.
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.
BLEAR in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 11 boards so far. 11 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 34, 23 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 103, 31 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.
First found by a player on Day 34, 23 June 2026.
Built from these letters
BLEAR starts with B and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read ABELR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
5 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start BLEAR
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 34
Could you have found BLEAR?
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 34 - and most players walked straight past it.
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