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SCATOLOGY
Definition of SCATOLOGY
noun
The scientific study or chemical analysis of faeces.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Other senses
SCATOLOGY carries 4 further meanings.
noun
The study of fecal excrement, as in medicine, paleontology, or biology.
noun
Obscene language or literature, especially that dealing pruriently or humorously with excrement and excretory functions.
noun
Study of the feces in relation to normal and pathological composition and the diagnostic importance of the latter.
noun
The study of the use (or examination) of excrements in religious rites, witchcraft, etc.
Where it comes from
From Ancient Greek σκῶρ (skôr, “excrement”) + -ology.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Ancient Greek
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
2nd
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
12.6%
of traced words share this origin (3,666)
branch · 12.6% of traced words
How it is built
SCATOLOGY in a sentence
“February 19th, 2010 at 7: 16 pm just the bleepn facts says: dorkkkunt has a phd in scatology … Zzzzz …”
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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.
SCATOLOGY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 31 boards so far. 121 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 27, 16 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 144, 11 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 27, 16 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
SCATOLOGY starts with S and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read ACGLOOSTY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once.
Words that mean much the same
Near-synonyms of SCATOLOGY. Not interchangeable at the board - the grid decides that - but close in meaning.
Words that start SCATOL
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 27
Could you have found SCATOLOGY?
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 27 - and most players walked straight past it.
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