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SCRAPPING
Definition of SCRAPPING
verb
present participle and gerund of scrap
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Word DNA
SCRAPPING inherits its ancestry from its root, SCRAP.
Line of descent
5 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
28th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
0.3%
of traced words share this origin (280)
branch · 22.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, SCRAP · 6 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.
SCRAPPING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 159, 26 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 13 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 159, 26 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
SCRAPPING starts with S and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read ACGINPPRS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. P appears more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start SCRAPP
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found SCRAPPING?
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 159 - and most players walked straight past it.
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