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SCORING
Definition of SCORING
adjective
Of something or someone that scores.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Derivative form of score, initially meaning “groove, notch, cut”, stemming from the same root as shear and scar.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, SCORE · 4 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.
SCORING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 10 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 54, 13 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 145, 12 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 19 days.
First found by a player on Day 54, 13 July 2026.
Built from these letters
SCORING starts with S and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read CGINORS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Also seen on Day 54
Could you have found SCORING?
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 54 - and most players walked straight past it.
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