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BLACKWATERS
Definition of BLACKWATERS
noun
plural of blackwater
noun
Water, especially in a river or other body of water, that has a naturally dark appearance. Water that contains dark organic matter such as loam or tannins. Water that is acidic and low in nutrients.
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Word DNA
BLACKWATERS inherits its ancestry from its root, BLACKWATER.
How it is built
Same root, BLACKWATER · 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.
BLACKWATERS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 11 boards so far. 10 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 31, 20 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 144, 11 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 19 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 31, 20 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
BLACKWATERS starts with B and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AABCEKLRSTW - 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 31
Could you have found BLACKWATERS?
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 31 - and most players walked straight past it.
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