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BLACKBOARD
Definition of BLACKBOARD
noun
A large flat surface, finished with black slate or a similar material, that can be written upon with chalk and subsequently erased; a chalkboard.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From black + board, because such surfaces were once typically made of black slate.
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.
BLACKBOARD in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 110, 7 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 10 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 110, 7 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
BLACKBOARD starts with B and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read AABBCDKLOR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. B and A appear more than once.
Words that start BLACKB
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found BLACKBOARD?
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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