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SWASTICAS
Definition of SWASTICAS
noun
plural of swastica
SWASTIKA · via swastica
noun
A cross with arms of equal length all bent halfway along at a 90° angle to the right or to the left, used as a religious symbol by various ancient and modern civilizations, but now mainly seen and used in the West (with arms angled to the right) as a symbol of Nazism and fascism.
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Word DNA
SWASTICAS inherits its ancestry from its root, SWASTIKA.
Line of descent
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
8th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
3.3%
of traced words share this origin (2,881)
branch · 22.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, SWASTIKA · 2 relatives in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
SWASTICAS 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 15 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
SWASTICAS starts with S and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AACISSSTW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. S and A appear more than once.
Words that start SWASTI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found SWASTICAS?
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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