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SCAMMONIES
Definition of SCAMMONIES
noun
plural of scammony
noun
Any member of the species Convolvulus scammonia, a twining perennial bindweed native to the eastern part of the Mediterranean basin, whose juice has been used in medicine as scammonium.
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Word DNA
SCAMMONIES inherits its ancestry from its root, SCAMMONY.
Line of descent
4 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
3rd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
12.4%
of traced words share this origin (10,640)
branch · 12.4% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, SCAMMONY · 1 relative 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.
SCAMMONIES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 172, 8 November 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 4 days.
First found by a player on Day 172, 8 November 2026.
Built from these letters
SCAMMONIES starts with S and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ACEIMMNOSS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. S and M appear more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start SCAMMO
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found SCAMMONIES?
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 172 - and most players walked straight past it.
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