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SCHEMINGS

9 letters

Definition of SCHEMINGS

noun

plural of scheming

SCHEME · via scheming

noun

An artful deviation from the ordinary arrangement of words.

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Word DNA

SCHEMINGS inherits its ancestry from its root, SCHEME.

Line of descent

  1. Ancient Greek
  2. Latin
  3. Middle English
  4. English

3 recorded generations before English.

Ancient Greek

Deepest traced root

3rd

of 59 source languages in OUTLIER

12.3%

of traced words share this origin (10,543)

Hellenic

branch · 12.3% of traced words

How it is built

noun

Same root, SCHEME · 7 relatives in the game

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.

SCHEMINGS in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 1 board so far.

Day 1Day 172
Its one board, across 172 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
1
Boards found on
162
First board
10
Days since seen

It first turned up on Day 162, 29 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 10 days.

First ever to find it

snaq

on Day 162, 29 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

SCHEMINGS
9
Letters
2
Vowels
7
Consonants
8
Different letters
3
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

SCHEMINGS starts with S and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read CEGHIMNSS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. S appears more than once.

Words that start SCHEMI

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

SCHEMIESCHEMIESSCHEMINGSCHEMINGLY

Could you have found SCHEMINGS?

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 162 - and most players walked straight past it.

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