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SCOLION
Definition of SCOLION
noun
Any of a genre of songs sung in turn by symposiasts to the accompaniment of a lyre.
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Where it comes from
From Ancient Greek σκόλῐον (skólĭon).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Ancient Greek
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
3rd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
12.2%
of traced words share this origin (9,700)
branch · 12.2% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, SCOLION · 3 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.
SCOLION in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 6 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 63, 22 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 118, 15 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 43 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 63, 22 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
SCOLION starts with S and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read CILNOOS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start SCOLIO
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found SCOLION?
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 63 - and most players walked straight past it.
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