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BLOSSOM
Definition of BLOSSOM
noun
A flower, especially one indicating that a fruit tree is fruiting; a mass of such flowers.
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Where it comes from
From Middle English blosme, from Old English blostm, blostma, from Proto-Germanic *blōstmô (compare West Frisian blossem, Dutch bloesem; related to *blōstaz [compare German Blust]), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰleh₃-s- (“bloom, flower”), from *bʰleh₃- (“to bloom, to thrive”). Cognate with Albanian bleron (“to blossom, to thrive”), Latin flōs (“flower”), Flōra (“goddess of plants”). See more at blow (etymology 4).
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Word DNA
Line of descent
4 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
2nd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
14.2%
of traced words share this origin (12,066)
How it is built
Same root, BLOSSOM · 2 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Dutch, Latin.
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.
BLOSSOM 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 18 days.
First found by a player on Day 153, 20 October 2026.
Built from these letters
BLOSSOM starts with B and ends with M. Sorted, its letters read BLMOOSS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O and S appear more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start BLOSSO
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found BLOSSOM?
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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