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SCHOOLE

7 letters

Definition of SCHOOLE

noun

Obsolete form of school.

SCHOOL

noun

An institution dedicated to teaching and learning; an educational institution.

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Word DNA

SCHOOLE inherits its ancestry from its root, SCHOOL.

Line of descent

  1. Proto-Indo-European
  2. Ancient Greek
  3. Latin
  4. German
  5. Old English
  6. Middle English
  7. English

6 recorded generations before English.

Proto-Indo-European

Deepest traced root

2nd

of 59 source languages in OUTLIER

14.2%

of traced words share this origin (11,866)

How it is built

noun

Same root, SCHOOL · 13 relatives in the game

Its etymology also names Middle Dutch, Old Norse.

Every Proto-Indo-European 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.

SCHOOLE in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 3 boards so far.

Day 1Day 169
Its 3 boards, across 169 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
3
Boards found on
142
First board
159
Latest board
11
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 142, 9 October 2026. The most recent board was Day 159, 26 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 10 days.

First ever to find it

edward_mundo

on Day 153, 20 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

SCHOOLE
7
Letters
3
Vowels
4
Consonants
6
Different letters
3
Longest consonant run
2
Longest vowel run

SCHOOLE starts with S and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read CEHLOOS - 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.

Could you have found SCHOOLE?

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 142 - and most players walked straight past it.

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