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BLISTER
Definition of BLISTER
noun
A small bubble between the layers of the skin that contains watery or bloody fluid and is caused by friction and pressure, burning, freezing, chemical irritation, disease, or infection.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English blister, from Old French blestre, from a Germanic source. Compare Middle Dutch blyster (“swelling”), Old Norse blastr (“a blowing”).
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.
BLISTER in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 15 boards so far. 26 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 11, 31 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 99, 27 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.
First found by a player on Day 11, 31 May 2026.
Built from these letters
BLISTER starts with B and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read BEILRST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
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 BLISTE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 11
Could you have found BLISTER?
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 11 - and most players walked straight past it.
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