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SCIAENOID
Definition of SCIAENOID
adjective
Of or relating to the Sciaenidae, a family of marine fishes.
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Where it comes from
Latin sciaena (“a kind of sea fish, perhaps a kind of grayling or ombre: Thymallus thymallus”), from Ancient Greek σκίαινα (skíaina, “a sea fish, probably either Sciaena umbra or Umbrina cirrosa”), + -oid.
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.
SCIAENOID in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 5 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 100, 28 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 113, 10 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 6 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 100, 28 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
SCIAENOID starts with S and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read ACDEIINOS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I appears more than once.
Words that start SCIAEN
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found SCIAENOID?
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