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SCHYNBALD
Definition of SCHYNBALD
noun
A piece of plate armor (from the 1200s to the 1400s) for the lower leg (shin): a metal plate, often strapped over mail or padding, now especially one which did not completely enclose the lower leg like a greave might.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English schynbalde, schynbawde, from shin. The second element may be Old French baldrel, baudrel.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Old French
- Middle English
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
9th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
2.9%
of traced words share this origin (2,501)
branch · 12.8% of traced words
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
SCHYNBALD in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 150, 17 October 2026. The most recent board was Day 169, 5 November 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 4 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 150, 17 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
SCHYNBALD starts with S and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read ABCDHLNSY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Could you have found SCHYNBALD?
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 150 - and most players walked straight past it.
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