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SCEND
Definition of SCEND
noun
The rising motion of water as a wave passes; a surge; the upward angular displacement of a vessel, opposed to pitch, the correlative downward movement.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
A corruption of send, influenced by ascend.
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.
SCEND in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 79, 7 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 102, 30 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 8 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 79, 7 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
SCEND starts with S and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read CDENS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start SCEND
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found SCEND?
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 79 - and most players walked straight past it.
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