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BLOCKHOLES
Definition of BLOCKHOLES
noun
plural of blockhole
noun
A small depression in the pitch caused by batsmen tapping their bats on the point where they have taken block.
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Word DNA
BLOCKHOLES inherits its ancestry from its root, BLOCKHOLE.
How it is built
Same root, BLOCKHOLE · 1 relative in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
BLOCKHOLES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 153, 20 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 8 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 153, 20 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
BLOCKHOLES starts with B and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read BCEHKLLOOS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. L and O appear more than once.
Words that start BLOCKH
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found BLOCKHOLES?
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 153 - and most players walked straight past it.
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