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SCATOLOGY
Definition of SCATOLOGY
noun
The scientific study or chemical analysis of faeces.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Ancient Greek σκῶρ (skôr, “excrement”) + -ology.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
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 15 boards so far. 44 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 27, 16 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 96, 24 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
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 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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