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SCRIMSHANK
Definition of SCRIMSHANK
verb
To shirk duty.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Unclear. One hypothesis is that it derives from (the noun scrimshanker, from) scrimp + swanker (old military slang for someone who works hard).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
SCRIMSHANK 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 13 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
SCRIMSHANK starts with S and ends with K. Sorted, its letters read ACHIKMNRSS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. S appears more than once.
Words that start SCRIMS
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found SCRIMSHANK?
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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