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SCRAMBLE
Definition of SCRAMBLE
verb
To move hurriedly to a location, especially by using all limbs against a surface.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Origin uncertain. Perhaps from earlier dialectal scramble, scrammel (“to collect or rake together with the hands”), from scramb (“to pull or scrape together with the hands”) + -le (frequentative suffix) (compare Dutch schrammen (“to graze, brush, scratch”)); or alternatively from a nasalised form of scrabble (“to scrape or scratch quickly”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Dutch
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
16th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
0.9%
of traced words share this origin (713)
branch · 22.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, SCRAMBLE · 4 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.
SCRAMBLE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 10 boards so far. 39 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 30, 19 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 148, 15 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 15 days.
First found by a player on Day 30, 19 June 2026.
Built from these letters
SCRAMBLE starts with S and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read ABCELMRS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
3 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start SCRAMB
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 30
Could you have found SCRAMBLE?
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 30 - and most players walked straight past it.
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