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SCRUMPY
Definition of SCRUMPY
noun
A rough cider, normally more alcoholic than usual, and typically produced through natural fermentation.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Another sense
SCRUMPY carries a second meaning.
noun
strong cider (as made in western England)
Where it comes from
From scrump + -y. Possibly related to scrumptious via roots referring to little amounts.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, SCRUMPY · 1 relative 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.
SCRUMPY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 37 boards so far. 119 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 22, 11 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 144, 11 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 22, 11 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
SCRUMPY starts with S and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read CMPRSUY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start SCRUMP
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 22
Could you have found SCRUMPY?
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 22 - and most players walked straight past it.
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