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SCROD
Definition of SCROD
noun
Any cod, pollock, haddock, or other whitefish.
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Other senses
SCROD carries 4 further meanings.
noun
A small cod or similar fish, such as haddock or hake, especially one split and boned for cooking.
noun
Scrodded fish, or a dish prepared by scrodding fish.
noun
A young codfish, especially one that is split and fried or boiled.
To shred; prepare for cooking by tearing in small pieces: as, scrodded fish.
Where it comes from
One theory derives it from scrawed, past participle of Cornwall dialect scraw (“to split and dry fish”), but the further origin of this word seems not to have been traced. Another theory derives it from an obsolete Dutch term: either from schrood (“slice, shred”), from Middle Dutch schrode, schroode, referring to the splitting of the fish; or alternatively from the related schrot (“inferior product, cull”), the scrod being originally a cod too small for filleting. In both of these cases, the word is ultimately cognate to shred. Compare East Frisian schrod (“small or worthless thing; shred”), German Schrott (“scrap”).
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Word DNA
Line of descent
- Middle Dutch
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
26th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
0.4%
of traced words share this origin (112)
branch · 22.3% of traced words
How it is built
Its etymology also names German.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
SCROD in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 48 boards so far. 105 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 29, 18 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 149, 16 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 5 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 47, 6 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
SCROD starts with S and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read CDORS - 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.
Also seen on Day 29
Could you have found SCROD?
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