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BLEARY
Definition of BLEARY
adjective
Tired, having senses dulled by exhaustion.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English blery, equivalent to blear + -y. Compare Old English bleriġ (“bald”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Middle English
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
4th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
6.2%
of traced words share this origin (5,144)
branch · 22.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, BLEARY · 3 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Old English.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
BLEARY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 26 boards so far. 44 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 26, 15 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 169, 5 November 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 26, 15 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
BLEARY starts with B and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read ABELRY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
2 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Also seen on Day 26
Could you have found BLEARY?
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 26 - and most players walked straight past it.
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