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SCALLYWAG
Definition of SCALLYWAG
noun
A disreputable fellow, a good-for-nothing, a scapegrace, a blackguard
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Where it comes from
Unknown.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
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.
SCALLYWAG in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 131, 28 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 131, 28 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
SCALLYWAG starts with S and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read AACGLLSWY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A and L appear more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start SCALLY
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found SCALLYWAG?
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 131 - and most players walked straight past it.
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