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BLOAT
Definition of BLOAT
verb
To cause to become distended.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Perhaps from Middle English blot, blout (“soft; flexible; pliable”), from Old Norse blautr (“soft”). Akin to Danish blød, Dutch bloot (“nude”) and German bloß (“nude”).
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.
BLOAT in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 18 boards so far. 22 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 27, 16 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 122, 19 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 27, 16 June 2026.
Built from these letters
BLOAT starts with B and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read ABLOT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start BLOAT
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 27
Could you have found BLOAT?
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 27 - and most players walked straight past it.
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