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SCOTCH
Definition of SCOTCH
noun
A surface cut or abrasion.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English scocchen (“to cut”), perhaps from Anglo-Norman escocher (“to notch”), from es- (“intensive prefix”) (from Latin ex-) + Old French coche (“notch”). Not related to Scotch.
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.
SCOTCH in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 118, 15 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 118, 15 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
SCOTCH starts with S and ends with H. Sorted, its letters read CCHOST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. C appears more than once.
Words that start SCOTCH
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found SCOTCH?
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 118 - and most players walked straight past it.
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