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SCAPHISM
Definition of SCAPHISM
noun
An alleged form of execution, among the ancient Persians, in which the victim is fastened into a hollow boat, force-fed and slathered in honey and milk and exposed to insects until the victim's death.
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Where it comes from
From scapho- + -ism.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, EXECUTION · 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.
SCAPHISM in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 162, 29 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 10 days.
First found by a player on Day 162, 29 October 2026.
Built from these letters
SCAPHISM starts with S and ends with M. Sorted, its letters read ACHIMPSS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. S appears more than once.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Could you have found SCAPHISM?
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 162 - and most players walked straight past it.
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