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BLUDGEONS
Definition of BLUDGEONS
noun
plural of bludgeon
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Other senses
BLUDGEONS carries 2 further meanings.
noun
Plural form of bludgeon.
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bludgeon.
Word DNA
BLUDGEONS inherits its ancestry from its root, BLUDGEON.
Line of descent
- Middle French
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
13th
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
1.1%
of traced words share this origin (326)
branch · 15.4% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, BLUDGEON · 2 relatives in the game
BLUDGEONS in a sentence
“When Thomas bludgeons to death a helpless dog at the halfway mark, it's all too easy to spot where the story is headed.”
Michael Giltz: Theater: John Hurt and Cillian Murphy Go Solo In New Plays, 2011
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
BLUDGEONS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 49 boards so far. 131 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 19, 8 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 142, 9 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 19, 8 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
BLUDGEONS starts with B and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read BDEGLNOSU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start BLUDGE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 19
Could you have found BLUDGEONS?
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 19 - and most players walked straight past it.
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