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BLURB

/blɝ(ː)b/5 letters

Definition of BLURB

noun

A short description of a book, film, or other work, written and used for promotional purposes.

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

Coined by American artist, art critic, poet, author and humorist Gelett Burgess in 1907 on a dust jacket at a trade association dinner. The dust jacket said “YES, this is a “BLURB”!” and featured a (fictitious) “Miss Belinda Blurb” shown calling out, described as “in the act of blurbing”.

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

Rarity score
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Find it yourself

OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

BLURB in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 2 boards so far.

Day 1Day 120
Its 2 boards, across 120 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
2
Boards found on
110
First board
118
Latest board
8
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 110, 7 September 2026. The most recent board was Day 118, 15 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.

First found by a player on Day 110, 7 September 2026.

Built from these letters

BLURB
5
Letters
1
Vowels
4
Consonants
4
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

BLURB starts with B and ends with B. Sorted, its letters read BBLRU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. B appears more than once.

Words that start BLURB

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

BLURBSBLURBEDBLURBINGBLURBISTBLURBISTS

Could you have found BLURB?

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 110 - and most players walked straight past it.

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