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BLUESHIFT
Definition of BLUESHIFT
noun
A decrease in the wavelength of a photon or of light while in transit, corresponding to a higher frequency and a shift toward the blue end of the electromagnetic spectrum.
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Where it comes from
From blue + shift.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, BLUESHIFT · 3 relatives in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
BLUESHIFT in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 8 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 36, 25 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 162, 29 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 36, 25 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
BLUESHIFT starts with B and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read BEFHILSTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start BLUESH
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 36
Could you have found BLUESHIFT?
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 36 - and most players walked straight past it.
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