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SCHOOLED
Definition of SCHOOLED
verb
simple past and past participle of school
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Word DNA
SCHOOLED inherits its ancestry from its root, SCHOOL.
Line of descent
6 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
3rd
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
9%
of traced words share this origin (2,589)
How it is built
Same root, SCHOOL · 4 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Middle Dutch, Old Norse.
Every Proto-Indo-European word → · The Word DNA of OUTLIER →
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
SCHOOLED in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 32 boards so far. 62 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 22, 11 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 136, 3 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 7 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 22, 11 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
SCHOOLED starts with S and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read CDEHLOOS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once, including a double letter.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start SCHOOL
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 22
Could you have found SCHOOLED?
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 22 - and most players walked straight past it.
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