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BLITHELY
Definition of BLITHELY
adverb
Without care, concern, or consideration.
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Where it comes from
From Middle English blythely, blyþely, bliþeliche, from Old English blīþelīċe (“gladly, blithely”), from Proto-West Germanic [Term?]; compare Dutch blijdelijk. By surface analysis, blithe + -ly.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
8th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
3.3%
of traced words share this origin (2,636)
branch · 22.6% of traced words
How it is built
Its etymology also names Dutch.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
BLITHELY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far. 118 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 110, 7 September 2026. The most recent board was Day 146, 13 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 14 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
BLITHELY starts with B and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read BEHILLTY - 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 BLITHELY?
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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