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ESCUDO
Definition of ESCUDO
noun
The state currency formerly used in Portugal and its colonies, divided into 100 centavos. The symbol is $ which is positioned between the escudos & centavos, 2$50.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Portuguese escudo (“shield”) or Spanish escudo. Doublet of scutum, scute, écu, and scudo.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Spanish
- Portuguese
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
12th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
1.2%
of traced words share this origin (927)
branch · 12.9% 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.
ESCUDO in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 20 boards so far. 22 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 51, 10 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 149, 16 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 8 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 59, 18 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
ESCUDO starts with E and ends with O. Sorted, its letters read CDEOSU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start ESCUDO
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 51
Could you have found ESCUDO?
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 51 - and most players walked straight past it.
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