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SCLEROSE
Definition of SCLEROSE
verb
To harden.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Back-formation from sclerosed (adjective), which was back-formed from sclerosis. Compare also diagnose (verb).
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.
SCLEROSE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 118, 15 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First ever to find it
on Day 118, 15 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
SCLEROSE starts with S and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read CEELORSS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. S and E appear more than once.
Same letters, different word
2 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start SCLERO
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found SCLEROSE?
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 118 - and most players walked straight past it.
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