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BLACKGUARD
Definition of BLACKGUARD
noun
The lowest servant in a household charged with pots, pans, and other kitchen equipment.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From black + guard, thought to have referred originally to the scullions and lower menials of a court, or of a nobleman's household, who wore black liveries or blacked shoes and boots, or were often stained with soot.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, BLACKGUARD · 1 relative 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.
BLACKGUARD in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 16 boards so far. 65 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 46, 5 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 148, 15 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 7 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 46, 5 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
BLACKGUARD starts with B and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read AABCDGKLRU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Words that start BLACKG
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 46
Could you have found BLACKGUARD?
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 46 - and most players walked straight past it.
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