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BLOODY

/ˈblʌ.di/6 letters

Definition of BLOODY

adjective

Covered in blood.

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

From Middle English blody, blodi, from Old English blōdiġ, blōdeġ (“bloody”), from Proto-West Germanic *blōdag, from Proto-Germanic *blōþagaz (“bloody”), equivalent to blood + -y. Cognate with Saterland Frisian bläidich, blöidig, blouderch (“bloody”), West Frisian bloedich (“bloody”), Dutch bloedig (“bloody”), German Low German blödig (“bloody”), German blutig (“bloody”), Danish blodig (“bloody”), Swedish blodig (“bloody”), Faroese blóðigur (“bloody”), Icelandic blóðugur (“bloody”). See Wikipedia for thoughts on sense evolution.

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

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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.

BLOODY in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 9 boards so far. 12 players have found it across Outlier's history.

Day 1Day 97
Its 9 boards, across 97 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
9
Boards found on
30
First board
87
Latest board
13
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 30, 19 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 87, 15 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 10 days.

First ever to find it

chappellroan

on Day 36, 25 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Also on

Built from these letters

BLOODY
6
Letters
2
Vowels
4
Consonants
5
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
2
Longest vowel run

BLOODY starts with B and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read BDLOOY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once, including a double letter.

Words that start BLOODY

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

Could you have found BLOODY?

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 30 - and most players walked straight past it.

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