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SCOPULATE
Definition of SCOPULATE
adjective
Having a scopula or scopulae.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From scopula + -ate (adjective-forming suffix).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, SCOPULA · 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.
SCOPULATE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 5 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 48, 7 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 156, 23 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 48, 7 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
SCOPULATE starts with S and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read ACELOPSTU - 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.
Also seen on Day 48
Could you have found SCOPULATE?
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 48 - and most players walked straight past it.
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