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SCROOPED
Definition of SCROOPED
verb
simple past and past participle 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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Word DNA
SCROOPED inherits its ancestry from its root, SCROOP.
How it is built
Same root, SCROOP · 2 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.
SCROOPED in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 160, 27 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 14 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 160, 27 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
SCROOPED starts with S and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read CDEOOPRS - 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 SCROOPED?
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 160 - and most players walked straight past it.
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