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SCALP
Definition of SCALP
noun
The top of the head; the skull.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English scalp, skalp, scalpe (“crown of the head; skull”). Originally a northern word, and therefore probably from a North Germanic source, although the sense-development is unclear; compare Sylt North Frisian Skolp (“dandruff”), Old Norse skálpr (“sheath”), Old Swedish skalp, Dutch schelp (“shell”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- German
- Middle English
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
8th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
3.3%
of traced words share this origin (2,773)
branch · 22.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, SCALP · 3 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Dutch, Old Norse, Swedish.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
SCALP in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 29 boards so far. 90 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 25, 14 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 162, 29 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 6 days.
First found by a player on Day 25, 14 June 2026.
Built from these letters
SCALP starts with S and ends with P. Sorted, its letters read ACLPS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
3 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start SCALP
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 25
Could you have found SCALP?
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 25 - and most players walked straight past it.
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