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BLACKSHIRT
Definition of BLACKSHIRT
noun
A uniformed member of a paramilitary wing of the Italian Fascist Party.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From black + shirt, calque of Italian camicia nera.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Italian
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
10th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
1.7%
of traced words share this origin (1,422)
branch · 12.8% of traced words
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.
BLACKSHIRT in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 169, 5 November 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 5 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 169, 5 November 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
BLACKSHIRT starts with B and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read ABCHIKLRST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start BLACKS
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found BLACKSHIRT?
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 169 - and most players walked straight past it.
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