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SCABBARD
Definition of SCABBARD
noun
The sheath of a sword.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English scabard, scauberde, scauberk, scauberke, from Anglo-Norman eschaubert, escalberc, of Germanic origin, perhaps from Frankish *skarberg (“sheath”, literally “blade-protection”), from Proto-Germanic *skēriz (“blade, scissors”) + *bergaz (“shelter, protection, refuge”). See also hauberk.
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.
SCABBARD in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 110, 7 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 10 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 110, 7 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
SCABBARD starts with S and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read AABBCDRS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A and B appear more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start SCABBA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found SCABBARD?
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 110 - and most players walked straight past it.
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