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SCRAMB
Definition of SCRAMB
verb
To scratch (something) with claws or fingernails; to claw, to scram.
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Where it comes from
The verb, especially sense 2 (“to scratch with the claws or fingernails”), is possibly related to Dutch schrammen (“to graze, scratch”) and German schrammen (“to scratch, scrape”), from Late Middle High German schramm, schramme (“a graze, scratch”); further etymology unknown. The noun is derived from the verb.
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Word DNA
Line of descent
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
8th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
3.1%
of traced words share this origin (808)
branch · 22.8% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, SCRAMB · 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.
SCRAMB in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 127, 24 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 127, 24 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
SCRAMB starts with S and ends with B. Sorted, its letters read ABCMRS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start SCRAMB
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found SCRAMB?
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