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SCENT
Definition of SCENT
noun
A distinctive smell.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English sent (noun) and senten (verb), from Old French sentir (“to feel, perceive, smell, sense”), from Latin sentiō, sentīre (“to feel, sense”). Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *sent- (“to feel”), and thus related to Saterland Frisian Sin (“sense”), West Frisian sin (“sense”), Dutch zin (“sense, meaning”), Low German Sinn (“sense”), Luxembourgish Sënn (“sense, perception”), German Sinn (“sense”). The -c- appeared in the 17th century, possibly by influence of ascent, descent, etc., or by influence of science.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
30.7%
of traced words share this origin (23,951)
branch · 30.7% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, SCENT · 3 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Dutch, German, Proto-Indo-European.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
SCENT in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 12 boards so far. 17 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 4, 25 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 147, 14 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 10 days.
First found by a player on Day 4, 25 May 2026.
Built from these letters
SCENT starts with S and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read CENST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
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 SCENT
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 4
Could you have found SCENT?
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