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SCOON
Definition of SCOON
verb
To skim along (a surface) like a vessel on the water.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Possibly related with shunt (“to cause to move (suddenly)”). Compare Danish skynde (“to hurry”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Its etymology also names Danish.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
SCOON in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 6 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 148, 15 October 2026. The most recent board was Day 170, 6 November 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First ever to find it
on Day 148, 15 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
SCOON starts with S and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read CNOOS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once, including a double letter.
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 SCOON
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found SCOON?
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 148 - and most players walked straight past it.
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