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SCATTERS
Definition of SCATTERS
verb
third-person singular simple present indicative of scatter
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Word DNA
SCATTERS inherits its ancestry from its root, SCATTER.
Line of descent
- Middle English
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
4th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
6.2%
of traced words share this origin (5,116)
branch · 22.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, SCATTER · 1 relative in the game
Its etymology also names Ancient Greek, German, Middle Dutch.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
SCATTERS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 90, 18 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 78 days.
First found by a player on Day 90, 18 August 2026.
Built from these letters
SCATTERS starts with S and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ACERSSTT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. S and T appear more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start SCATTE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found SCATTERS?
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 90 - and most players walked straight past it.
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