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SCISSELS
Definition of SCISSELS
noun
plural of scissel
SCISSEL
noun
Metal scraps or clippings; especially the remains of fillets from which coin blanks have been cut.
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Word DNA
SCISSELS inherits its ancestry from its root, SCISSEL.
Line of descent
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
30.7%
of traced words share this origin (26,371)
branch · 30.7% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, SCISSEL · 2 relatives in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
SCISSELS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 162, 29 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 13 days.
First found by a player on Day 162, 29 October 2026.
Built from these letters
SCISSELS starts with S and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read CEILSSSS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. S appears more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start SCISSE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found SCISSELS?
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 162 - and most players walked straight past it.
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