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SCRUFFY
Definition of SCRUFFY
adjective
Untidy in appearance; scrubby; shabby.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From scruff + -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.
SCRUFFY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far. 20 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 134, 1 October 2026. The most recent board was Day 159, 26 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 10 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 134, 1 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
SCRUFFY starts with S and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read CFFRSUY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. F appears more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start SCRUFF
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found SCRUFFY?
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 134 - and most players walked straight past it.
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