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BLITHENESS
Definition of BLITHENESS
noun
The characteristic of being blithe.
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Where it comes from
From Middle English *blithenesse, from Old English blīþnes, from Proto-West Germanic *blīþinassī, equivalent to blithe + -ness. Cognate with West Frisian blidens (“blitheness, joy”), Old High German blīdnissa (“joy”).
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.
BLITHENESS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 118, 15 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First found by a player on Day 118, 15 September 2026.
Built from these letters
BLITHENESS starts with B and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read BEEHILNSST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E and S appear more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start BLITHE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found BLITHENESS?
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 118 - and most players walked straight past it.
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