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BLEAT

/ˈbliːt/5 letters

Definition of BLEAT

noun

The characteristic cry of a sheep or a goat.

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Where it comes from

From Middle English bleten, from Old English blǣtan (“to bleat”), from Proto-West Germanic *blātijan, from Proto-Germanic *blētijaną (“to bleat”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰleh₁- (“to howl, cry, bleat”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰel- (“to make a loud noise”). Cognate with Scots blete, bleit, West Frisian bâlte, blaaien, blêtsje (“to bleat”), Dutch blaten (“to bleat”), Low German bleten (“to bleat”), German blaßen, blässen (“to bleat”).

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

BLEAT in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 28 boards so far. 42 players have found it across Outlier's history.

Day 1Day 106
Its 28 boards, across 106 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
28
Boards found on
19
First board
105
Latest board
11
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 19, 8 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 105, 2 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.

First found by a player on Day 19, 8 June 2026.

Built from these letters

BLEAT
5
Letters
2
Vowels
3
Consonants
5
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
2
Longest vowel run

BLEAT starts with B and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read ABELT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.

Same letters, different word

3 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.

Words that start BLEAT

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

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