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BLEMISHED
Definition of BLEMISHED
verb
simple past and past participle of blemish
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Word DNA
BLEMISHED inherits its ancestry from its root, BLEMISH.
Line of descent
5 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
2nd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
14.3%
of traced words share this origin (11,343)
How it is built
Same root, BLEMISH · 5 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Dutch, Old English.
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.
BLEMISHED in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 31 boards so far. 67 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 6, 27 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 150, 17 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 11 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 24, 13 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
BLEMISHED starts with B and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read BDEEHILMS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Words that start BLEMIS
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 6
Could you have found BLEMISHED?
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 6 - and most players walked straight past it.
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