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SCROLL
Definition of SCROLL
noun
A roll of paper or parchment; a writing formed into a roll.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English scrowle, scrolle, from earlier scrowe, scrouwe (influenced by Middle English rolle), from Old French escroe, escrowe, escrouwe (“scroll, strip of parchment”), from Frankish *skrōda (“a shred”), from Proto-Germanic *skraudō, from *skrew- (“to cut; cutting tool”), extension of *(s)ker- (“to cut”). Doublet of shred and escrow.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
4 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
6th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
4.7%
of traced words share this origin (3,911)
branch · 22.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, SCROLL · 5 relatives 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.
SCROLL in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 131, 28 September 2026. The most recent board was Day 153, 20 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 14 days.
First found by a player on Day 145, 12 October 2026.
Built from these letters
SCROLL starts with S and ends with L. Sorted, its letters read CLLORS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. L appears more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start SCROLL
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found SCROLL?
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 131 - and most players walked straight past it.
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