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SCHISTS
Definition of SCHISTS
noun
plural of schist
noun
Any of a variety of coarse-grained crystalline metamorphic rocks with a foliated structure that allows easy division into slabs or slates.
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Word DNA
SCHISTS inherits its ancestry from its root, SCHIST.
Line of descent
- Ancient Greek
- Latin
- French
- English
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
3rd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
12.3%
of traced words share this origin (10,555)
branch · 12.3% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, SCHIST · 5 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.
SCHISTS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far. 11 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 162, 29 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 12 days.
First found by a player on Day 162, 29 October 2026.
Built from these letters
SCHISTS starts with S and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read CHISSST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. S appears more than once.
Words that start SCHIST
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found SCHISTS?
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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