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BLINK
Definition of BLINK
verb
To close and reopen both eyes quickly.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English blynken, blenken, from Old English *blincan (suggested by causative verb blenċan (“to deceive”); > English blench), from Proto-Germanic *blinkaną, a variant of *blīkaną (“to gleam, shine”). Cognate with Dutch blinken (“to glitter, shine”), German blinken (“to flash, blink”), Danish blinke (“to flash, twinkle, wink, blink”), Swedish blinka (“to flash, blink, twinkle, wink, blink”). Related to blank, blick, blike, bleak.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
BLINK in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 8 boards so far. 13 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 23, 12 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 110, 7 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 23, 12 June 2026.
Built from these letters
BLINK starts with B and ends with K. Sorted, its letters read BIKLN - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start BLINK
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 23
Could you have found BLINK?
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 23 - and most players walked straight past it.
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