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BLACKWASHED
Definition of BLACKWASHED
verb
simple past and past participle of blackwash
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From blackwash + -ed.
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.
BLACKWASHED in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 50, 9 July 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 62 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 50, 9 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
BLACKWASHED starts with B and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read AABCDEHKLSW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Words that start BLACKWA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 50
Could you have found BLACKWASHED?
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 50 - and most players walked straight past it.
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