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SCRUNGLY

/ˈskɹʌŋɡli/8 letters

Definition of SCRUNGLY

adjective

Synonym of scrunkly.

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Where it comes from

A variant of scrunkly, possibly influenced by scrungy (“grungy, shabby, dirty”).

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Word DNA

How it is built

adjective2 syllables

The Word DNA of OUTLIER →

Rarity score
Withheld
Revealed only in play
Tier
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Find it yourself

OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

SCRUNGLY in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 1 board so far.

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Its one board, across 166 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
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Boards found on
158
First board
8
Days since seen

It first turned up on Day 158, 25 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 8 days.

First ever to find it

kruton

on Day 158, 25 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

SCRUNGLY
8
Letters
1
Vowels
7
Consonants
8
Different letters
4
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

SCRUNGLY starts with S and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read CGLNRSUY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.

Words that start SCRUNG

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

Could you have found SCRUNGLY?

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 158 - and most players walked straight past it.

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