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SCHOOLDAY
Definition of SCHOOLDAY
noun
A day during which the public schools are open, usually synonymous with weekday during the school year.
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Where it comes from
From school + day.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
SCHOOLDAY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 9 boards so far. 13 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 45, 4 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 136, 3 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 13 days.
First found by a player on Day 45, 4 July 2026.
Built from these letters
SCHOOLDAY starts with S and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read ACDHLOOSY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start SCHOOL
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 45
Could you have found SCHOOLDAY?
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 45 - and most players walked straight past it.
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