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SCHEMA
Definition of SCHEMA
noun
An outline or image universally applicable to a general conception, under which it is likely to be presented to the mind (for example, a body schema).
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Unadapted borrowing from Latin schēma, from Ancient Greek σχῆμα (skhêma, “form, shape”). Doublet of scheme.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Ancient Greek
- Latin
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
2nd
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
12.6%
of traced words share this origin (3,695)
branch · 12.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, SCHEMA · 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.
SCHEMA in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 64 boards so far. 189 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 20, 9 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 148, 15 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 20, 9 June 2026.
Built from these letters
SCHEMA starts with S and ends with A. Sorted, its letters read ACEHMS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
4 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start SCHEMA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 20
Could you have found SCHEMA?
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 20 - and most players walked straight past it.
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