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SCROUND
Definition of SCROUND
noun
Alternative form of sqround.
SQROUND
adjective
Shaped like a rectangular prism, but with a round top; .
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Word DNA
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
SCROUND in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 159, 26 October 2026. The most recent board was Day 162, 29 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 5 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 159, 26 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
SCROUND starts with S and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read CDNORSU - 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.
Words that start SCROUN
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found SCROUND?
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 159 - and most players walked straight past it.
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