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SCREENS
Definition of SCREENS
noun
plural 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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Word DNA
SCREENS inherits its ancestry from its root, SCREEN.
Line of descent
6 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
2nd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
14.3%
of traced words share this origin (11,343)
How it is built
Same root, SCREEN · 4 relatives in the game
Every Proto-Indo-European word → · The Word DNA of OUTLIER →
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
SCREENS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 90, 18 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 118, 15 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 43 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 90, 18 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
SCREENS starts with S and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read CEENRSS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. S and E appear more than once, including a double letter.
Same letters, different word
3 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.
Could you have found SCREENS?
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 90 - and most players walked straight past it.
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