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SCANDAL
Definition of SCANDAL
noun
An incident or event that disgraces or damages the reputation of the persons or organization involved.
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Where it comes from
From Middle French scandale (“indignation caused by misconduct or defamatory speech”), from Ecclesiastical Latin scandalum (“that on which one trips, cause of offense”, literally “stumbling block”), from Ancient Greek σκάνδαλον (skándalon, “a trap laid for an enemy, a cause of moral stumbling”), from Proto-Indo-European *skand- (“to jump”). Cognate with Latin scandō (“to climb”). First attested from Old Northern French escandle, but the modern word is a reborrowing. Doublet, via Old French esclandre, of slander. Sense evolution from "cause of stumbling, that which causes one to sin, stumbling block" to "discredit to reputation, that which brings shame, thing of disgrace" is possibly due to early influence from other similar sounding words for infamy and disgrace (compare Old English scand (“ignominity, scandal, disgraceful thing”), Old High German scanda (“ignominy, disgrace”), Gothic 𐍃𐌺𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌰 (skanda, “shame, disgrace”)). See shand, shend, shonda.
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OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
SCANDAL in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 25 boards so far. 69 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 6, 27 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 105, 2 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 4 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 6, 27 May 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
SCANDAL starts with S and ends with L. Sorted, its letters read AACDLNS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Words that start SCANDA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 6
Could you have found SCANDAL?
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