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SCAPULAR
Definition of SCAPULAR
noun
A short cloak worn around the shoulders, adopted as part of the uniform of various religious orders, later often with an embroidered image of a saint.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English scapelar, from Latin scapulāre, from Latin scapula (“shoulder”). Compare scapulary.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
SCAPULAR in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 34 boards so far. 256 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 28, 17 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 100, 28 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First ever to find it
on Day 28, 17 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
SCAPULAR starts with S and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read AACLPRSU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A 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.
Words that start SCAPUL
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 28
Could you have found SCAPULAR?
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 28 - and most players walked straight past it.
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