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BLOCKADE
Definition of BLOCKADE
noun
The physical blocking or surrounding of a place, especially a port, in order to prevent commerce and traffic in or out.
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Where it comes from
From block + -ade, probably after Dutch blocquade (now blokkade) or German Blockade.
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.
BLOCKADE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 9 boards so far. 12 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 24, 13 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 110, 7 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First found by a player on Day 36, 25 June 2026.
Built from these letters
BLOCKADE starts with B and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read ABCDEKLO - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start BLOCKA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 24
Could you have found BLOCKADE?
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 24 - and most players walked straight past it.
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