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SCRIMSHAWING

12 letters

Definition of SCRIMSHAWING

verb

present participle and gerund of scrimshaw

SCRIMSHAW

verb

To create (a small ornamental handicraft also called a scrimshaw) by carving or engraving on bone (originally whalebone or whales' teeth), ivory, or other materials. To carve or engrave (bone, ivory, or other materials) with ornamental designs. To carve or engrave (ornamental designs) on bone, ivory, or other materials.

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OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

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Players have found it on 1 board so far.

Day 1Day 124
Its one board, across 124 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
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Boards found on
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First board
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Days since seen

It first turned up on Day 124, 21 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.

First ever to find it

immunemaven

on Day 124, 21 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

SCRIMSHAWING
12
Letters
3
Vowels
9
Consonants
10
Different letters
3
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

SCRIMSHAWING starts with S and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read ACGHIIMNRSSW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. S and I appear more than once.

Words that start SCRIMSHA

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

SCRIMSHAWSCRIMSHANKSCRIMSHAWSSCRIMSHANDYSCRIMSHANKSSCRIMSHAWEDSCRIMSHANDERSCRIMSHANDERS

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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 124 - and most players walked straight past it.

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