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SCROUNGY
Definition of SCROUNGY
adjective
dirty or shabby
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From scrounge + -y.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
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.
SCROUNGY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 9 boards so far. 16 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 35, 24 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 142, 9 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 22 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 35, 24 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
SCROUNGY starts with S and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read CGNORSUY - 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 35
Could you have found SCROUNGY?
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 35 - and most players walked straight past it.
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