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SCOPULA
Definition of SCOPULA
noun
A dense tuft of hair, as on the legs of certain insects.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Latin scōpula (“little 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.
SCOPULA in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 89, 17 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 12 days.
First found by a player on Day 89, 17 August 2026.
Built from these letters
SCOPULA starts with S and ends with A. Sorted, its letters read ACLOPSU - 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.
Words that start SCOPUL
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found SCOPULA?
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 89 - and most players walked straight past it.
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