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SCALPING
Definition of SCALPING
verb
present participle and gerund of scalp
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, SCALP · 3 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.
SCALPING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 28 boards so far. 142 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 32, 21 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 157, 24 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 32, 21 June 2026.
Built from these letters
SCALPING starts with S and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read ACGILNPS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
2 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start SCALPI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 32
Could you have found SCALPING?
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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