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SCAFFOLDAGE
Definition of SCAFFOLDAGE
noun
The amount of scaffolding needed, or supplied for a specific installation.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From scaffold + -age.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, SCAFFOLD · 4 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.
SCAFFOLDAGE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 145, 12 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 29 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 145, 12 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
SCAFFOLDAGE starts with S and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read AACDEFFGLOS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A and F appear more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start SCAFFOL
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found SCAFFOLDAGE?
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 145 - and most players walked straight past it.
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