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SCAMMONY
Definition 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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Where it comes from
From Middle English scamōnīe, from Old French scamonie, from Latin scammōnia, from Ancient Greek σκαμμώνιον (skammṓnion).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
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.
SCAMMONY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 166, 2 November 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 10 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 166, 2 November 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
SCAMMONY starts with S and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read ACMMNOSY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. M appears more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start SCAMMO
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found SCAMMONY?
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 166 - and most players walked straight past it.
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