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BLOCKERS
Definition of BLOCKERS
noun
plural of blocker
noun
Agent noun of block (“obstruct or prevent”); something that blocks something else. One who blocks or impedes the movement of an opponent. A defensive or low-scoring batter. One who prevents another user from contacting them electronically. An application or feature that stops or impedes something.
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Word DNA
BLOCKERS inherits its ancestry from its root, BLOCK.
Line of descent
5 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
2nd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
14.2%
of traced words share this origin (11,700)
How it is built
Same root, BLOCK · 15 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Old English, Old Norse.
Every Proto-Indo-European word → · The Word DNA of OUTLIER →
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
BLOCKERS in OUTLIER
It has fitted 1 board so far. 54 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 14, 3 June 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 151 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 36, 25 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
BLOCKERS starts with B and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read BCEKLORS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Could you have found BLOCKERS?
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 14 - and most players walked straight past it.
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