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SCLAUNDER
Definition of SCLAUNDER
noun
Obsolete form of slander.
noun
A false or unsupported, malicious statement (spoken, not written), especially one which is injurious to a person's reputation; the making of such a statement.
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Word DNA
SCLAUNDER inherits its ancestry from its root, SLANDER.
Line of descent
4 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
3rd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
12.4%
of traced words share this origin (10,240)
branch · 12.4% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, SLANDER · 6 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.
SCLAUNDER in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 119, 16 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 47 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 119, 16 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
SCLAUNDER starts with S and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read ACDELNRSU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start SCLAUN
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found SCLAUNDER?
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 119 - and most players walked straight past it.
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