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SCRAW
Definition of SCRAW
noun
A sod of grass-grown turf from the surface of a bog or from a field.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Irish scrath (“a turf”), sgraith (“a turf, green sod”), akin to Scottish Gaelic sgrath, sgroth (“the outer skin of anything, a turf, a green sod”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Scottish Gaelic
- Irish
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
38th
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
0.2%
of traced words share this origin (49)
branch · 0.8% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, SCRAW · 1 relative 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.
SCRAW in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 24 boards so far. 70 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 59, 18 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 147, 14 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First ever to find it
on Day 59, 18 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
SCRAW starts with S and ends with W. Sorted, its letters read ACRSW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
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 SCRAW
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 59
Could you have found SCRAW?
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 59 - and most players walked straight past it.
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