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SCHWARZLOT
Definition of SCHWARZLOT
noun
A kind of black enamel decoration applied to glass etc.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From German Schwarzlot, literally "black lead".
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
SCHWARZLOT in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 125, 22 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 125, 22 September 2026.
Built from these letters
SCHWARZLOT starts with S and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read ACHLORSTWZ - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram. It uses Z - among the least common letters in written English.
Words that start SCHWAR
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found SCHWARZLOT?
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 125 - and most players walked straight past it.
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