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SCOUNDREL
Definition of SCOUNDREL
noun
A mean, worthless fellow; a rascal; a villain; a person without honor or virtue.
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Where it comes from
From earlier scondrel, scondrell, skoundrell, skowndrell, of unknown origin. Possibly related to northern English or Scottish scunner, skuner, scouner, scunder (“to shrink back in fear, disgust, or loathing”) (Encyclopædia Britannica 1911).
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Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, SCOUNDREL · 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.
SCOUNDREL in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 70 boards so far. 241 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 15, 4 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 149, 16 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 7 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 15, 4 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
SCOUNDREL starts with S and ends with L. Sorted, its letters read CDELNORSU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start SCOUND
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 15
Could you have found SCOUNDREL?
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 15 - and most players walked straight past it.
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