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BLACKTHORNS
Definition of BLACKTHORNS
noun
plural 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.
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Word DNA
BLACKTHORNS inherits its ancestry from its root, BLACKTHORN.
How it is built
Same root, BLACKTHORN · 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.
BLACKTHORNS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 14 boards so far. 14 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 68, 27 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 144, 11 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 7 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 68, 27 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
BLACKTHORNS starts with B and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ABCHKLNORST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Could you have found BLACKTHORNS?
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 68 - and most players walked straight past it.
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