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SCATHING
Definition of SCATHING
verb
present participle and gerund of scathe
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Word DNA
SCATHING inherits its ancestry from its root, SCATH.
How it is built
Same root, SCATH · 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.
SCATHING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 37 boards so far. 167 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 9, 29 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 149, 16 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 6 days.
First found by a player on Day 9, 29 May 2026.
Built from these letters
SCATHING starts with S and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read ACGHINST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Also seen on Day 9
Could you have found SCATHING?
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 9 - and most players walked straight past it.
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