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SCHOONER
Definition of SCHOONER
noun
A sailing ship with two or more masts, all with fore-and-aft sails; if two masted, having a foremast and a mainmast.
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Where it comes from
Attested ca. 1715, of uncertain origin. Said to be derived from dialectal scoon (“to skim over water”). Compare also shunt (“to cause to move (suddenly)”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, SCHOON · 1 relative 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.
SCHOONER in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 59 boards so far. 305 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 8, 29 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 149, 16 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 8, 29 May 2026.
Built from these letters
SCHOONER starts with S and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read CEHNOORS - 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.
Also seen on Day 8
Could you have found SCHOONER?
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 8 - and most players walked straight past it.
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