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SCEPTRE
Definition of SCEPTRE
noun
An ornamental staff held by a ruling monarch as a symbol of power.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English septre, sceptre, from Old French sceptre, from Latin scēptrum, from Ancient Greek σκῆπτρον (skêptron, “staff, stick, baton”), from σκήπτω (skḗptō, “to prop, to support, to lean upon a staff”).
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.
SCEPTRE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 7 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 53, 12 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 96, 24 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 53, 12 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Also on
Built from these letters
SCEPTRE starts with S and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read CEEPRST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Same letters, different word
5 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start SCEPTR
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 53
Could you have found SCEPTRE?
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 53 - and most players walked straight past it.
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