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SCARPED
Definition of SCARPED
verb
past participle of scarp
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Word DNA
SCARPED inherits its ancestry from its root, SCARP.
How it is built
Same root, SCARP · 4 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.
SCARPED in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 32 boards so far. 75 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 29, 18 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 147, 14 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First ever to find it
on Day 29, 18 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
SCARPED starts with S and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read ACDEPRS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
2 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start SCARPE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 29
Could you have found SCARPED?
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 29 - and most players walked straight past it.
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