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BLUB

/blʌb/4 letters

Definition of BLUB

verb

To cry, whine or blubber (usually carries a connotation of disapproval).

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

Onomatopoeic. Compare bleb and blob.

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

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.

BLUB in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 1 board so far.

Day 1Day 102
Its one board, across 102 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
1
Boards found on
76
First board
26
Days since seen

It first turned up on Day 76, 4 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 26 days.

First ever to find it

mollie

on Day 76, 4 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

BLUB
4
Letters
1
Vowels
3
Consonants
3
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

BLUB starts with B and ends with B. Sorted, its letters read BBLU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. B appears more than once.

Same letters, different word

One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.

BULB

Words that start BLUB

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

BLUBSBLUBBEDBLUBBERBLUBBERSBLUBBERYBLUBBINGBLUBBEREDBLUBBERERBLUBBERERSBLUBBERIERBLUBBERINGBLUBBERIEST

Could you have found BLUB?

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 76 - and most players walked straight past it.

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