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SCREWTOPS
Definition of SCREWTOPS
noun
plural of screwtop
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Word DNA
SCREWTOPS inherits its ancestry from its root, SCREWTOP.
How it is built
Same root, SCREWTOP · 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.
SCREWTOPS 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 33 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
SCREWTOPS starts with S and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read CEOPRSSTW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. S appears 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.
Could you have found SCREWTOPS?
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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