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BLITHEFUL
Definition of BLITHEFUL
adjective
jolly, joyous or carefree.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English blythfull, blithefulle, bliþeful, bliþful, equivalent to blithe + -ful.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Middle English
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
4th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
6.2%
of traced words share this origin (4,849)
branch · 22.6% of traced words
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
BLITHEFUL in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 110, 7 September 2026. The most recent board was Day 118, 15 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 42 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 110, 7 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
BLITHEFUL starts with B and ends with L. Sorted, its letters read BEFHILLTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. L appears more than once.
Words that start BLITHE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found BLITHEFUL?
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 110 - and most players walked straight past it.
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