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BLEAT
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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Word DNA
Line of descent
4 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
2nd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
14.3%
of traced words share this origin (11,293)
How it is built
Same root, BLEAT · 4 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Dutch, Scots.
Every Proto-Indo-European word → · The Word DNA of OUTLIER →
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 39 boards so far. 68 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 19, 8 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 157, 24 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First found by a player on Day 19, 8 June 2026.
Built from these letters
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.
Also seen on Day 19
Could you have found BLEAT?
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