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SCRY
Definition of SCRY
verb
To magically or supernaturally look into or (as an entertainer) predict (the future), using crystal balls or other objects.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English scrien, scryen, a shortened form of Middle English ascrien, from Old French escrier (“to cry out”). Influenced by Middle English descrien (“to descry”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
SCRY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 32 boards so far. 88 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 11, 31 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 93, 21 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First found by a player on Day 11, 31 May 2026.
Built from these letters
SCRY starts with S and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read CRSY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start SCRY
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 11
Could you have found SCRY?
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 11 - and most players walked straight past it.
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