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SCALARIFORM
Definition of SCALARIFORM
adjective
Having the form of a ladder
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Latin scala (“ladder”), + -form.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Latin
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
30.7%
of traced words share this origin (23,914)
branch · 30.7% 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.
SCALARIFORM in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 141, 8 October 2026. The most recent board was Day 155, 22 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First ever to find it
on Day 155, 22 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
SCALARIFORM starts with S and ends with M. Sorted, its letters read AACFILMORRS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A and R appear more than once.
Words that start SCALARI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found SCALARIFORM?
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 141 - and most players walked straight past it.
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