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SCOTER
Definition of SCOTER
noun
Any one of several species of northern sea ducks of the genus Melanitta.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Uncertain.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, SCOT · 1 relative 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.
SCOTER in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 29 boards so far. 29 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 51, 10 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 164, 31 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 51, 10 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
SCOTER starts with S and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read CEORST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
6 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Also seen on Day 51
Could you have found SCOTER?
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 51 - and most players walked straight past it.
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