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SCORN
Definition of SCORN
verb
To feel or display contempt or disdain for something or somebody; to despise.
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Where it comes from
Verb from Middle English scornen, schornen, alteration of Old French escharnir, from Vulgar Latin *escarnire, from Proto-West Germanic *skarnijan, possibly from Proto-Germanic *skeraną (“to shear”) (from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- (“to cut”)), or possibly related to *skarną (“dung, filth”) (from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ḱerd-, *(s)ḱer- (“dung, manure, filth”)). Noun from Old French escarn (cognate with Portuguese escárnio, Spanish escarnio and Italian scherno). Cognate with Middle High German schern (“joke, mockery, scorn”), Old English sċierniċġe (“female entertainer, juggler, actress”).
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Word DNA
Line of descent
5 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
2nd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
14.2%
of traced words share this origin (11,595)
How it is built
Same root, SCORN · 5 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Italian, Old English, Portuguese, Spanish.
Every Proto-Indo-European word → · The Word DNA of OUTLIER →
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
SCORN in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 31 boards so far. 44 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 11, 31 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 159, 26 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 5 days.
First found by a player on Day 11, 31 May 2026.
Built from these letters
SCORN starts with S and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read CNORS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
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 SCORN
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 11
Could you have found SCORN?
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