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SCARF
Definition of SCARF
noun
A long, often knitted, garment worn around the neck.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Probably from Old Northern French escarpe (compare Old French escharpe (“pilgrim's purse suspended from the neck”), which see). The verb is derived from the noun. Doublet of scrip.
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.
SCARF in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 15 boards so far. 38 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 15, 4 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 114, 11 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 7 days.
First found by a player on Day 15, 4 June 2026.
Built from these letters
SCARF starts with S and ends with F. Sorted, its letters read ACFRS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start SCARF
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 15
Could you have found SCARF?
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 15 - and most players walked straight past it.
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