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SCRUPLED
Definition of SCRUPLED
verb
simple past and past participle of scruple
noun
Hesitation to act from the difficulty of determining what is right or expedient; doubt, hesitation or unwillingness due to motives of conscience; moral qualm.
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Another sense
SCRUPLED carries a second meaning.
verb
Simple past tense and past participle of scruple.
Word DNA
SCRUPLED inherits its ancestry from its root, SCRUPLE.
Line of descent
4 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
3rd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
8.8%
of traced words share this origin (2,661)
How it is built
Same root, SCRUPLE · 3 relatives in the game
Every Proto-Indo-European word → · The Word DNA of OUTLIER →
SCRUPLED in a sentence
“It is an uneasy alliance, since the betrayal of these Anglican priests has more in common with the dishonesty of the atheist than the scrupled bewilderment of the agnostic.”
In the Anglican Church of Canada, climate change has replaced sin « Anglican Samizdat, 2009
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
SCRUPLED in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 39 boards so far. 88 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 28, 17 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 149, 16 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 5 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 28, 17 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
SCRUPLED starts with S and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read CDELPRSU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start SCRUPL
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 28
Could you have found SCRUPLED?
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