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SCRUBWOMAN
Definition of SCRUBWOMAN
noun
A woman employed to do general housework, such as cleaning a house or office.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From scrub + woman.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
SCRUBWOMAN in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 21, 10 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 114, 11 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 6 days.
First found by a player on Day 21, 10 June 2026.
Built from these letters
SCRUBWOMAN starts with S and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read ABCMNORSUW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Also seen on Day 21
Could you have found SCRUBWOMAN?
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 21 - and most players walked straight past it.
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