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SCRAPIES
Definition of SCRAPIES
noun
plural of scrapie
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Word DNA
SCRAPIES 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 (11,554)
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.
SCRAPIES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 140, 7 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 22 days.
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
SCRAPIES starts with S and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ACEIPRSS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. S appears more than once.
Words that start SCRAPI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found SCRAPIES?
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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