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SCENE
Definition of SCENE
noun
The location of an event that attracts attention.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Late Middle English scene, from Middle French scene, borrowed from Latin sc(a)ena, from Ancient Greek σκηνή (skēnḗ, “scene, stage”). Doublet of scena and skene.
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.
SCENE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 9 boards so far. 32 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 35, 24 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 106, 3 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 5 days.
First found by a player on Day 35, 24 June 2026.
Built from these letters
SCENE starts with S and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read CEENS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start SCENE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 35
Could you have found SCENE?
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 35 - and most players walked straight past it.
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