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SCROUGING
Definition of SCROUGING
verb
present participle and gerund of scrouge
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Word DNA
SCROUGING inherits its ancestry from its root, SCROUGE.
How it is built
Same root, SCROUGE · 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.
SCROUGING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 134, 1 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 20 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 134, 1 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
SCROUGING starts with S and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read CGGINORSU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. G appears more than once.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start SCROUG
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found SCROUGING?
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 134 - and most players walked straight past it.
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