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SCONE
Definition of SCONE
noun
A small, rich, pastry or quick bread, sometimes baked on a griddle.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Originally Scots, possibly from Middle Low German schö̂ne (“fine flour bread”), or Middle Dutch schoonbroot (“fine bread; a kind of flat angular loaf”), from schoon (“fine”) + broot (“bread”). Alternatively, might derive from Scottish Gaelic sgonn (“lump, mouthful”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
4 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
40th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
0.1%
of traced words share this origin (117)
branch · 0.8% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, SCONE · 2 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.
SCONE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 34 boards so far. 164 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 7, 28 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 157, 24 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 7, 28 May 2026.
Built from these letters
SCONE starts with S and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read CENOS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
3 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Also seen on Day 7
Could you have found SCONE?
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 7 - and most players walked straight past it.
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