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BLACKTOP
Definition of BLACKTOP
noun
Asphalt concrete or similar bituminous black paving material used for the surface of roads (e.g., tarmacadam, tarmac).
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Where it comes from
From black + top.
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.
BLACKTOP in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 47, 6 July 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 55 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 47, 6 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
BLACKTOP starts with B and ends with P. Sorted, its letters read ABCKLOPT - 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 47
Could you have found BLACKTOP?
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 47 - and most players walked straight past it.
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