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SCALDING
Definition of SCALDING
adjective
Hot enough to burn.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From scald + -ing.
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.
SCALDING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 28 boards so far. 111 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 32, 21 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 102, 30 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 32, 21 June 2026.
Built from these letters
SCALDING starts with S and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read ACDGILNS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start SCALDI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 32
Could you have found SCALDING?
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 32 - and most players walked straight past it.
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