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BLUSH
Definition of BLUSH
noun
An act of blushing; a pink or red glow on the face caused by embarrassment, shame, shyness, love, etc.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English blusshen, bluschen, blusschen, blisshen, from Old English blysċan (“to be red; shine”), perhaps from Proto-Germanic *blaskijaną, from *blasǭ (“burning candle; torch”) or alternatively from Proto-Germanic *bluskijaną, from *blusjǭ (“torch”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰel-. Cognate with Middle Low German blöschen (“to blush”). Compare also Old English blysian (“to burn; blaze”), Dutch blozen (“to blush”), Danish blusse (“to blush”), Old Norse blys (“torch”), Danish blus (“blaze”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
BLUSH in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 6 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 26, 15 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 80, 8 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 22 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 26, 15 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
BLUSH starts with B and ends with H. Sorted, its letters read BHLSU - 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.
Words that start BLUSH
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 26
Could you have found BLUSH?
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 26 - and most players walked straight past it.
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