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SCROOP
Definition of SCROOP
verb
To produce the a harsh scraping, grating sound, as of friction. To make sounds such as of a chair on the floor or chalk on a blackboard. To produce a rustling sound, like that from friction between silk fibers.
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Where it comes from
Imitative.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
SCROOP in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 5 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 80, 8 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 118, 15 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 80, 8 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
SCROOP starts with S and ends with P. Sorted, its letters read COOPRS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start SCROOP
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found SCROOP?
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 80 - and most players walked straight past it.
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