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SCAVENGED
Definition of SCAVENGED
verb
simple past and past participle of scavenge
verb
To collect and remove refuse, or to search through refuse, carrion, or abandoned items for useful material.
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Word DNA
SCAVENGED inherits its ancestry from its root, SCAVENGE.
How it is built
Same root, SCAVENGE · 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.
SCAVENGED in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 18 boards so far. 29 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 8, 29 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 157, 24 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 8, 29 May 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
SCAVENGED starts with S and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read ACDEEGNSV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Words that start SCAVEN
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 8
Could you have found SCAVENGED?
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 8 - and most players walked straight past it.
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