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SCAFFOLDER
Definition of SCAFFOLDER
noun
A person who erects and dismantles scaffolding.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From scaffold + -er.
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.
SCAFFOLDER in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 159, 26 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 14 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 159, 26 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
SCAFFOLDER starts with S and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read ACDEFFLORS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. F appears more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start SCAFFO
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found SCAFFOLDER?
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 159 - and most players walked straight past it.
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