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SWARTNESS
Definition of SWARTNESS
noun
The quality or state of being dark or black.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English swartnesse, from Old English sweartnes; equivalent to swart + -ness.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Old English
- Middle English
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
7th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
3.7%
of traced words share this origin (3,153)
branch · 22.6% 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.
SWARTNESS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 162, 29 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 12 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 162, 29 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
SWARTNESS starts with S and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AENRSSSTW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. S appears more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start SWARTN
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found SWARTNESS?
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 162 - and most players walked straight past it.
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