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SCARCITY
Definition of SCARCITY
noun
The condition of something being scarce or deficient.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Inherited from Middle English scarsite, from Old Northern French escarsete; by surface analysis, scarce + -ity.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- French
- Middle English
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
5th
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
7.2%
of traced words share this origin (2,056)
branch · 15.4% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, SCARCITY · 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.
SCARCITY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far. 200 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 90, 18 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 140, 7 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 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
SCARCITY starts with S and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read ACCIRSTY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. C appears more than once.
Could you have found SCARCITY?
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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