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SCLERA
Definition of SCLERA
noun
The white of the eye; the tough outer coat of the eye that covers the eyeball except for the cornea.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from New Latin sclera, from Ancient Greek σκληρός (sklērós, “hard”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Ancient Greek
- Latin
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
2nd
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
12.6%
of traced words share this origin (3,608)
branch · 12.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, SCLERA · 1 relative 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.
SCLERA in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 78 boards so far. 328 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 17, 6 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 142, 9 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 17, 6 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
SCLERA starts with S and ends with A. Sorted, its letters read ACELRS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
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 SCLERA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 17
Could you have found SCLERA?
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 17 - and most players walked straight past it.
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