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SCEAT
Definition of SCEAT
noun
A small Anglo-Saxon coin, especially one made of silver; sometimes regarded as a weight (and thus a comparative measure of a coin's value).
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Learned borrowing from Old English sceatt.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Old English
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
6th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
4.2%
of traced words share this origin (1,106)
branch · 22.7% of traced words
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
SCEAT in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 130, 27 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 130, 27 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
SCEAT starts with S and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read ACEST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
4 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start SCEAT
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found SCEAT?
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 130 - and most players walked straight past it.
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