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BLUNTED
Definition of BLUNTED
verb
simple past and past participle of blunt
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Word DNA
BLUNTED inherits its ancestry from its root, BLUNT.
Line of descent
4 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
14th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
1%
of traced words share this origin (833)
branch · 22.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, BLUNT · 7 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Danish, Icelandic, Swedish.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
BLUNTED in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 38 boards so far. 64 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 39, 28 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 165, 1 November 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 4 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 39, 28 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
BLUNTED starts with B and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read BDELNTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Also seen on Day 39
Could you have found BLUNTED?
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 39 - and most players walked straight past it.
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