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SCATHING

/ˈskeɪðɪŋ/8 letters

Definition of SCATHING

verb

present participle and gerund of scathe

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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 18 boards so far. 143 players have found it across Outlier's history.

Day 1Day 102
Its 18 boards, across 102 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
18
Boards found on
9
First board
102
Latest board
15
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 9, 29 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 102, 30 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.

First found by a player on Day 9, 29 May 2026.

Built from these letters

SCATHING
8
Letters
2
Vowels
6
Consonants
8
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

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.

Words that start SCATHI

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

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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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