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SCLERES

7 letters

Definition of SCLERES

noun

plural of sclere

SCLERE

noun

A skeletal element in sponges.

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Word DNA

How it is built

noun

Same root, SCLERE · 1 relative in the game

The Word DNA of OUTLIER →

Rarity score
Withheld
Revealed only in play
Tier
Withheld
Find it yourself

OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

SCLERES in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 1 board so far.

Day 1Day 177
Its one board, across 177 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
1
Boards found on
153
First board
24
Days since seen

It first turned up on Day 153, 20 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 24 days.

First ever to find it

ennouise

on Day 153, 20 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

SCLERES
7
Letters
2
Vowels
5
Consonants
5
Different letters
3
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

SCLERES starts with S and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read CEELRSS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. S and E appear more than once.

Words that start SCLERE

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

SCLERESCLEREIDSCLEREMASCLEREIDESCLEREIDSSCLEREMASSCLEREIDESSCLERENCHYMASCLERENCHYMASSCLERENCHYMATA

Could you have found SCLERES?

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 153 - and most players walked straight past it.

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