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BLEED
Definition of BLEED
verb
To shed blood through an injured blood vessel.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English bleden, from Old English blēdan (“to bleed”), from Proto-West Germanic *blōdijan, from Proto-Germanic *blōdijaną (“to bleed”), from *blōþą (“blood”). Cognate with Scots blede, bleid (“to bleed”), Saterland Frisian bläide (“to bleed”), West Frisian bliede (“to bleed”), Dutch bloeden (“to bleed”), Low German blöden (“to bleed”), German bluten (“to bleed”), Danish bløde (“to bleed”), Swedish blöda (“to bleed”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
6th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
4.7%
of traced words share this origin (3,847)
branch · 22.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, BLEE · 5 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Danish, Dutch, Scots, Swedish.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
BLEED in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 10 boards so far. 12 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 7, 28 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 146, 13 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 16 days.
First found by a player on Day 7, 28 May 2026.
Built from these letters
BLEED starts with B and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read BDEEL - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once, including a double letter.
Same letters, different word
2 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start BLEED
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 7
Could you have found BLEED?
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 7 - and most players walked straight past it.
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