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SCALY
Definition of SCALY
adjective
Covered or abounding with scales.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English scali, skaly. By surface analysis, scale + -y.
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.
SCALY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 7 boards so far. 12 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 7, 28 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 112, 9 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 7 days.
First found by a player on Day 7, 28 May 2026.
Also on
Built from these letters
SCALY starts with S and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read ACLSY - 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.
Also seen on Day 7
Could you have found SCALY?
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 7 - and most players walked straight past it.
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