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SCROBBLE

/ˈskɹɒbəl/8 letters

Definition of SCROBBLE

verb

To waylay, kidnap or steal.

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

1927, in the book The Midnight Folk by John Masefield.

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

Rarity score
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Tier
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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.

SCROBBLE in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 1 board so far.

Day 1Day 111
Its one board, across 111 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
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Boards found on
110
First board
1
Days since seen

It first turned up on Day 110, 7 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.

First ever to find it

chloej

on Day 110, 7 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

SCROBBLE
8
Letters
2
Vowels
6
Consonants
7
Different letters
3
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

SCROBBLE starts with S and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read BBCELORS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. B appears more than once, including a double letter.

Same letters, different word

2 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.

Words that start SCROBB

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

SCROBBLEDSCROBBLESSCROBBLING

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