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SCAT
Definition of SCAT
noun
A tax; tribute.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English scet, schat, from Old English sċeatt (“property, goods”) and Old Norse skattr (“wealth, treaure”); both from Proto-Germanic *skattaz (“cattle, kine, wealth”), from Proto-Indo-European *skatn-, *skat- (“to jump, skip, splash out”). Cognate with Scots scat (“tax, levy, charge, payment, bribe”), West Frisian skat (“treasure, darling”), Dutch schat (“treasure, hoard, darling, sweetheart”), German Schatz (“treasure, hoard, wealth, store, darling, sweetheart”), Swedish skatt (“treasure, tax, duty”), Icelandic skattur (“tax, tribute”), Latin scateō (“gush, team, bubble forth, abound”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
5 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
2nd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
14.4%
of traced words share this origin (11,166)
How it is built
Same root, SCAT · 4 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Dutch, Icelandic, Latin, Scots, Swedish.
Every Proto-Indo-European word → · The Word DNA of OUTLIER →
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
SCAT in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 50 boards so far. 405 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 8, 29 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 155, 22 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 8, 29 May 2026.
Built from these letters
SCAT starts with S and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read ACST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
3 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start SCAT
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 8
Could you have found SCAT?
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