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BLUETONGUES
Definition of BLUETONGUES
noun
plural of bluetongue
noun
A disease of ruminants, caused by Bluetongue virus of the genus Orbivirus, carried by mosquitos, midges etc.
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Word DNA
BLUETONGUES inherits its ancestry from its root, BLUETONGUE.
How it is built
Same root, BLUETONGUE · 1 relative 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.
BLUETONGUES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 129, 26 September 2026. The most recent board was Day 142, 9 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 13 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 138, 5 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
BLUETONGUES starts with B and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read BEEGLNOSTUU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. U and E appear more than once.
Could you have found BLUETONGUES?
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 129 - and most players walked straight past it.
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