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BLOND
Definition of BLOND
adjective
Of a bleached or pale golden (light yellowish) colour.
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Where it comes from
Borrowed from Middle French blond m, from Old French blond, blont, blund, (> Medieval Latin blondus), from Frankish *blund (“a mixed color between golden and light-brown”), from Proto-Germanic *blundaz (“mixed, blinding”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰlendʰ- (“to become turbid, see badly, go blind”). Compare Old English blondenfeax (“grey-haired”), Old English blandan (“to mix”). See more at blend. An alternative etymology connects Frankish *blund to Proto-Germanic *blundaz (“blond”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰl̥ndʰ-, *bʰlendʰ- (“blond, red-haired”). If so, then it would be cognate with Sanskrit ब्रध्न (bradhná, “ruddy, pale red, yellowish”).
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OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
BLOND in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 5 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 47, 6 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 120, 17 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First ever to find it
on Day 47, 6 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
BLOND starts with B and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read BDLNO - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start BLOND
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 47
Could you have found BLOND?
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