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SCOURSE
Definition of SCOURSE
verb
Obsolete form of scorse.
SCORSE
noun
barter; exchange; trade
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Word DNA
SCOURSE inherits its ancestry from its root, SCORSE.
Line of descent
- Italian
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
10th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
1.7%
of traced words share this origin (1,376)
branch · 12.8% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, SCORSE · 2 relatives 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.
SCOURSE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 153, 20 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 14 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 153, 20 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
SCOURSE starts with S and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read CEORSSU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. S appears more than once.
Same letters, different word
4 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start SCOURS
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found SCOURSE?
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 153 - and most players walked straight past it.
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