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BLONDEST

8 letters

Definition of BLONDEST

adjective

superlative form of blond: most blond

BLOND

adjective

Of a bleached or pale golden (light yellowish) colour.

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Word DNA

BLONDEST inherits its ancestry from its root, BLOND.

Line of descent

  1. Proto-Indo-European
  2. Proto-Germanic
  3. Frankish
  4. Old French
  5. Middle French
  6. English

5 recorded generations before English.

Proto-Indo-European

Deepest traced root

2nd

of 59 source languages in OUTLIER

14.4%

of traced words share this origin (11,191)

How it is built

adjective

Same root, BLOND · 4 relatives in the game

Its etymology also names Latin, Old English, Sanskrit.

Every Proto-Indo-European word → · The Word DNA of OUTLIER →

Rarity score
Withheld
Revealed only in play
Tier
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Find it yourself

OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

BLONDEST in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 10 boards so far. 12 players have found it across Outlier's history.

Day 1Day 156
Its 10 boards, across 156 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
10
Boards found on
42
First board
142
Latest board
25
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 42, 1 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 142, 9 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 14 days.

First ever to find it

gidbrown

on Day 42, 1 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

BLONDEST
8
Letters
2
Vowels
6
Consonants
8
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

BLONDEST starts with B and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read BDELNOST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.

Words that start BLONDE

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

Could you have found BLONDEST?

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 42 - and most players walked straight past it.

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