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SCHWAED
Definition of SCHWAED
verb
simple past and past participle of schwa
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Word DNA
SCHWAED inherits its ancestry from its root, SCHWA.
Line of descent
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
17th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
0.7%
of traced words share this origin (561)
branch · 2.1% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, SCHWA · 4 relatives 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.
SCHWAED in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 163, 30 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 5 days.
Built from these letters
SCHWAED starts with S and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read ACDEHSW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Could you have found SCHWAED?
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 163 - and most players walked straight past it.
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