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SCRUBBIER
Definition of SCRUBBIER
adjective
comparative form of scrubby: more scrubby
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Word DNA
SCRUBBIER inherits its ancestry from its root, SCRUB.
Line of descent
- Old English
- Middle English
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
7th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
3.7%
of traced words share this origin (3,130)
branch · 22.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, SCRUB · 7 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.
SCRUBBIER in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 153, 20 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 18 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 153, 20 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
SCRUBBIER starts with S and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read BBCEIRRSU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. R and B appear more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start SCRUBB
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found SCRUBBIER?
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 153 - and most players walked straight past it.
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