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SCAMS
Definition of SCAMS
noun
plural of scam
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Word DNA
SCAMS inherits its ancestry from its root, SCAM.
Line of descent
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
36th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
0.2%
of traced words share this origin (132)
branch · 22.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, SCAM · 4 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.
SCAMS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 140, 7 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 18 days.
Built from these letters
SCAMS starts with S and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ACMSS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. S appears more than once.
Words that start SCAMS
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found SCAMS?
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 140 - and most players walked straight past it.
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