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SCRAPERS
Definition of SCRAPERS
noun
plural of scraper
noun
An instrument with which anything is scraped. An instrument by which the soles of shoes are cleaned from mud by drawing them across it. An instrument drawn by oxen, horses or a tractor, similar to a plow, that is used for scraping up earth in making or repairing roads, digging cellars, building canals, etc. An instrument having two or three sharp sides or edges for cleaning the planks, masts, or decks of a ship. In the printing press, a board or blade, the edge of which is made to rub over the tympan sheet, thus producing an impression. A hoe. A tool used by engravers. A prehistoric unifacial tool thought to have been used for hideworking and woodworking. Clipping of bellyscraper.
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Word DNA
SCRAPERS inherits its ancestry from its root, SCRAPE.
Line of descent
5 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
2nd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
14.2%
of traced words share this origin (12,132)
How it is built
Same root, SCRAPE · 6 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Danish, Dutch, Icelandic, Latin.
Every Proto-Indo-European word → · The Word DNA of OUTLIER →
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
SCRAPERS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 140, 7 October 2026. The most recent board was Day 172, 8 November 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First ever to find it
on Day 140, 7 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
SCRAPERS starts with S and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ACEPRRSS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. S and R appear more than once.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start SCRAPE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found SCRAPERS?
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 140 - and most players walked straight past it.
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