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SCANDALMONGER
Definition of SCANDALMONGER
noun
One who trades in gossip; one who collects and disseminates rumors.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From scandal + monger.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
SCANDALMONGER in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 145, 12 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 30 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 145, 12 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
SCANDALMONGER starts with S and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read AACDEGLMNNORS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A and N appear more than once.
Words that start SCANDALMO
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found SCANDALMONGER?
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 145 - and most players walked straight past it.
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