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SCREEN
Definition of SCREEN
noun
A physical barrier that shelters or hides. A physical divider intended to block an area from view, or provide shelter from something dangerous.
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Where it comes from
From Middle English scren, screne (“windscreen, firescreen”), from Anglo-Norman escren (“firescreen, the tester of a bed”), Old French escren, escrein, escran (modern French écran (“screen”)), from Middle Dutch scherm, from Old Dutch skirm, from Proto-West Germanic *skirmi, from Proto-Germanic *skirmiz (“fur, shelter, covering, screen”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- (“to cut, divide”). Cognate with Dutch scherm (“screen”), German Schirm (“screen”). Doublet of scherm. An alternative etymology derives Old French escren, escran from Old Dutch *scranc (“barrier”) (compare Middle Dutch schranc, schranke (“palisade, trellis, grid”), German Schrank (“cupboard, cabinet”), German Schranke (“fence”)), from Proto-West Germanic *skrank, from Proto-Germanic *skrankaz.
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.
SCREEN in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 29, 18 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 49, 8 July 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 53 days.
First found by a player on Day 29, 18 June 2026.
Built from these letters
SCREEN starts with S and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read CEENRS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once, including a double letter.
Same letters, different word
4 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start SCREEN
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 29
Could you have found SCREEN?
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 29 - and most players walked straight past it.
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