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SCAPHOID
Definition of SCAPHOID
adjective
Shaped like a boat.
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Other senses
SCAPHOID carries 4 further meanings.
Boat-shaped; resembling a boat; cymbiform: in anatomy applied to several parts.
noun
In anatomy: The bone on the radial side of the proximal row of the carpus, articulating with the lunar, magnum, trapezoid, trapezium, and radius. Also called navicular, radiale. See cuts under Artiodactyla, Perissodactyla, hand, and solidungulate.
noun
One of the tarsal bones, placed at the inner side, between the astragalus and the three cuneiforms, and sometimes articulating also with the cuboid. Also called navicular. See cut under foot.
adjective
Resembling a boat in form; boat-shaped.
Where it comes from
From Latin scaphoides, from Ancient Greek σκᾰφοειδής (skăphoeidḗs, “like a bowl, hollow”), from σκᾰ́φη (skắphē, “boat, trough, bowl”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Ancient Greek
- Latin
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
3rd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
12.4%
of traced words share this origin (10,043)
branch · 12.4% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, SCAPHOID · 1 relative 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.
SCAPHOID in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 65 boards so far. 125 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 29, 18 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 160, 27 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First found by a player on Day 29, 18 June 2026.
Built from these letters
SCAPHOID starts with S and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read ACDHIOPS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that mean much the same
Near-synonyms of SCAPHOID. Not interchangeable at the board - the grid decides that - but close in meaning.
Words that start SCAPHO
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 29
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