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SCUBA
Definition of SCUBA
noun
An apparatus carried by a diver, which includes a tank holding compressed, filtered air and a regulator which delivers the air to the diver at ambient pressure which can be used underwater.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From SCUBA, acronym of self-contained underwater breathing apparatus; now usually viewed as anacronymic.
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.
SCUBA in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 23 boards so far. 38 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 7, 28 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 113, 10 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 7, 28 May 2026.
Built from these letters
SCUBA starts with S and ends with A. Sorted, its letters read ABCSU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start SCUBA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 7
Could you have found SCUBA?
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 7 - and most players walked straight past it.
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