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SCRUNTY
Definition of SCRUNTY
adjective
Poor; bare; barren.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From scrunt + -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.
SCRUNTY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 10 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 55, 14 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 150, 17 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 18 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 55, 14 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
SCRUNTY starts with S and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read CNRSTUY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start SCRUNT
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 55
Could you have found SCRUNTY?
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 55 - and most players walked straight past it.
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