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BLUSTERING
Definition of BLUSTERING
noun
A noisy blowing, as of a blast of wind.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
By surface analysis, bluster + -ing.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, BLUSTER · 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.
BLUSTERING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 54 boards so far. 164 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 22, 11 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 142, 9 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First found by a player on Day 22, 11 June 2026.
Built from these letters
BLUSTERING starts with B and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read BEGILNRSTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start BLUSTE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 22
Could you have found BLUSTERING?
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 22 - and most players walked straight past it.
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