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SCORPAENOID
Definition of SCORPAENOID
adjective
Of or relating to the family Scorpaenidae, the scorpionfish
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Latin scorpaen(a) + -o- + -id.
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.
SCORPAENOID in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 114, 11 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 5 days.
First found by a player on Day 114, 11 September 2026.
Built from these letters
SCORPAENOID starts with S and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read ACDEINOOPRS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once.
Words that start SCORPAE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
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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 114 - and most players walked straight past it.
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