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BLUED
Definition of BLUED
verb
simple past and past participle of blue
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Word DNA
BLUED inherits its ancestry from its root, BLUE.
Line of descent
- Proto-Indo-European
- Proto-Germanic
- Latin
- Frankish
- Old French
- Middle French
- Anglo-Norman
- Middle English
- English
8 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
3rd
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
9%
of traced words share this origin (2,608)
How it is built
Same root, BLUE · 4 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Danish, Dutch, Icelandic, Irish, Norwegian, Old English, Russian, Scots and 1 more.
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.
BLUED in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 13 boards so far. 16 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 29, 18 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 142, 9 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First found by a player on Day 29, 18 June 2026.
Built from these letters
BLUED starts with B and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read BDELU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
2 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Also seen on Day 29
Could you have found BLUED?
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 29 - and most players walked straight past it.
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