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SCOPA
Definition of SCOPA
noun
Any of various clusters of hair of non-parasitic bees that serve to carry pollen. In parasitic Hymenoptera it refers to a local patch of hairs, regardless of function.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Vulgar Latin scōpa (“broom”) (Classical Latin scōpae (“twigs, broom”)). Compare Spanish escoba (“broom”).
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.
SCOPA in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 42, 1 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 103, 31 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 6 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 42, 1 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
SCOPA starts with S and ends with A. Sorted, its letters read ACOPS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
2 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Also seen on Day 42
Could you have found SCOPA?
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 42 - and most players walked straight past it.
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