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SCROUNGED
Definition of SCROUNGED
verb
simple past and past participle of scrounge
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Word DNA
SCROUNGED inherits its ancestry from its root, SCROUNGE.
How it is built
Same root, SCROUNGE · 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.
SCROUNGED in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 47 boards so far. 124 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 11, 31 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 147, 14 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 11, 31 May 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
SCROUNGED starts with S and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read CDEGNORSU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start SCROUN
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 11
Could you have found SCROUNGED?
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 11 - and most players walked straight past it.
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