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SCAPE
Definition of SCAPE
noun
A leafless stalk growing directly out of a root, bulb, or subterranean structure.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Latin scāpus, from Doric Greek σκᾶπος (skâpos). Doublet of native English shaft.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Latin
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
30.7%
of traced words share this origin (25,613)
branch · 30.7% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, SCAPE · 3 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.
SCAPE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 35 boards so far. 78 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 38, 27 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 165, 1 November 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.
First found by a player on Day 38, 27 June 2026.
Built from these letters
SCAPE starts with S and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read ACEPS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
3 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start SCAPE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 38
Could you have found SCAPE?
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 38 - and most players walked straight past it.
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