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SCHEMAT

/ˈskiːmæt/7 letters

Definition of SCHEMAT

noun

schema

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

From the Ancient Greek σχηματ- (skhēmat-), the root stem of σχῆμα (skhêma, “form”, “shape”); compare schema, scheme.

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

Word DNA

Line of descent

  1. Ancient Greek
  2. English

One recorded step before English.

Ancient Greek

Deepest traced root

3rd

of 59 source languages in OUTLIER

12.4%

of traced words share this origin (10,655)

Hellenic

branch · 12.4% of traced words

How it is built

noun2 syllables

Every Ancient Greek word → · The Word DNA of OUTLIER →

Rarity score
Withheld
Revealed only in play
Tier
Withheld
Find it yourself

OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

SCHEMAT in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 1 board so far.

Day 1Day 177
Its one board, across 177 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
1
Boards found on
175
First board
2
Days since seen

It first turned up on Day 175, 11 November 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.

First ever to find it

megalyn

on Day 175, 11 November 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

SCHEMAT
7
Letters
2
Vowels
5
Consonants
7
Different letters
3
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

SCHEMAT starts with S and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read ACEHMST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.

Same letters, different word

2 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.

Could you have found SCHEMAT?

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 175 - and most players walked straight past it.

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