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SCHIZOID
Definition of SCHIZOID
adjective
Characterized by social withdrawal and emotional coldness or flattened affectivity.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From schiz(ophrenia)- + -oid, from German, from Ancient Greek σχίζω (skhízō, “to split”) and εἶδος (eîdos, “form, likeness”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
SCHIZOID in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 4 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 21, 10 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 69, 28 July 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 33 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 21, 10 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
SCHIZOID starts with S and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read CDHIIOSZ - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I appears more than once. It uses Z - among the least common letters in written English.
Words that start SCHIZO
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 21
Could you have found SCHIZOID?
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 21 - and most players walked straight past it.
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