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BLESS

/blɛs/5 letters

Definition of BLESS

verb

To make something holy by religious rite, sanctify.

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

From Middle English blessen, from Old English bletsian (“to consecrate (with blood)”), from Proto-West Germanic *blōdisōn (“to sprinkle, mark or hallow with blood”), from Proto-Germanic *blōþą (“blood”), of uncertain origin, possibly from Proto-Indo-European *bʰleh₃- (“to bloom”). Cognate with Old Norse bleza (“to bless”) (whence Icelandic blessa), Old English blēdan (“to bleed”). More at bleed.

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

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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.

BLESS in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 1 board so far.

Day 1Day 120
Its one board, across 120 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
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Boards found on
118
First board
2
Days since seen

It first turned up on Day 118, 15 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.

First found by a player on Day 118, 15 September 2026.

Built from these letters

BLESS
5
Letters
1
Vowels
4
Consonants
4
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

BLESS starts with B and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read BELSS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. S appears more than once, including a double letter.

Same letters, different word

One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.

Words that start BLESS

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

BLESSEDBLESSERBLESSESBLESSERSBLESSINGBLESSEDERBLESSEDLYBLESSINGSBLESSEDESTBLESSEDNESSBLESSEDNESSES

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