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SCANTIEST
Definition of SCANTIEST
adjective
superlative form of scanty: most scanty
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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.
SCANTIEST in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far. 11 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 90, 18 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 5 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 90, 18 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
SCANTIEST starts with S and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read ACEINSSTT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. S and T appear more than once.
Same letters, different word
2 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start SCANTI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found SCANTIEST?
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 90 - and most players walked straight past it.
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