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BLOTTESQUES
Definition of BLOTTESQUES
noun
plural of blottesque
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Word DNA
BLOTTESQUES inherits its ancestry from its root, BLOT.
Line of descent
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
9th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
2.9%
of traced words share this origin (2,314)
branch · 12.8% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, BLOT · 11 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Icelandic.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
BLOTTESQUES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 146, 13 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 14 days.
First found by a player on Day 146, 13 October 2026.
Built from these letters
BLOTTESQUES starts with B and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read BEELOQSSTTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. T, E and S appear more than once, including a double letter. It uses Q - among the least common letters in written English.
Could you have found BLOTTESQUES?
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 146 - and most players walked straight past it.
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