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BLACKLAND
Definition of BLACKLAND
noun
The land making up the Texas Blackland Prairies, a temperate grassland ecoregion in Texas with rich, dark soil.
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Where it comes from
From black + land.
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Word DNA
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
BLACKLAND in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 137, 4 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 26 days.
First found by a player on Day 137, 4 October 2026.
Built from these letters
BLACKLAND starts with B and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read AABCDKLLN - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. L and A appear more than once.
Words that start BLACKL
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found BLACKLAND?
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 137 - and most players walked straight past it.
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