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SCARER
Definition of SCARER
noun
One who, or that which, scares.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From scare + -er.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, SCAR · 6 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.
SCARER in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 140, 7 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 12 days.
First found by a player on Day 140, 7 October 2026.
Built from these letters
SCARER starts with S and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read ACERRS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. R appears more than once.
Same letters, different word
4 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start SCARER
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found SCARER?
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 140 - and most players walked straight past it.
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