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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
Other senses
SCRY carries 4 further meanings.
intransitive verb
To see or predict the future by means of a crystal ball.
To descry. Also skry.
To cry out.
To proclaim; announce publicly or by way of advertisement: as, to scry a sale.
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).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Old French
- Middle English
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
9th
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
2.9%
of traced words share this origin (829)
branch · 15.4% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, SCRY · 3 relatives in the game
SCRY in a sentence
“Dee was haunted by his shortcomings: "You know I cannot see, nor scry" he lamented.”
Dr Dee, Palace Theatre, Manchester | First night review, 2011
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 60 boards so far. 214 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 11, 31 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 142, 9 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
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 mean much the same
Near-synonyms of SCRY. Not interchangeable at the board - the grid decides that - but close in meaning.
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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