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BLACKTHORN
Definition of BLACKTHORN
noun
A large shrub or small tree, Prunus spinosa, that is native to Europe, western Asia, and north Africa. It has a dark bark and bears thorns.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Compound of black + thorn.
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.
BLACKTHORN in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 52, 11 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 97, 25 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 5 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 52, 11 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
BLACKTHORN starts with B and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read ABCHKLNORT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start BLACKT
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 52
Could you have found BLACKTHORN?
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 52 - and most players walked straight past it.
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