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OUTSCHEMING
Definition of OUTSCHEMING
verb
present participle and gerund of outscheme
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Word DNA
OUTSCHEMING inherits its ancestry from its root, OUTSCHEME.
How it is built
Same root, OUTSCHEME · 2 relatives 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.
OUTSCHEMING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 9 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 72, 31 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 156, 23 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 7 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 95, 23 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
OUTSCHEMING starts with O and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read CEGHIMNOSTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start OUTSCHE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found OUTSCHEMING?
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 72 - and most players walked straight past it.
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