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SCOMBROID
Definition of SCOMBROID
adjective
Pertaining to mackerel.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Ancient Greek σκόμβρος (skómbros, “tuna, mackerel”) + -oid.
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.
SCOMBROID in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 7 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 74, 2 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 119, 16 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First ever to find it
on Day 75, 3 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Also on
Built from these letters
SCOMBROID starts with S and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read BCDIMOORS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once.
Words that start SCOMBR
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found SCOMBROID?
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 74 - and most players walked straight past it.
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