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SCLEROSED
Definition of SCLEROSED
adjective
Hardened by sclerosis.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Back-formation from sclerosis. The verb sclerose was derived from sclerosed (adj). 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.
SCLEROSED in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 124, 21 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 124, 21 September 2026.
Built from these letters
SCLEROSED starts with S and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read CDEELORSS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. S and E appear more than once.
Words that start SCLERO
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
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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 124 - and most players walked straight past it.
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