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SCUD
Definition of SCUD
adjective
Naked.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
First attested in 1530, of unknown origin but perhaps from Middle English scut (“rabbit, rabbit's tail”) or from Middle Dutch schudden (“to shake”), ultimately of Scandinavian origin.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Middle Dutch
- Middle English
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
26th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
0.4%
of traced words share this origin (112)
branch · 22.3% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, SCUD · 3 relatives in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
SCUD in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 59 boards so far. 167 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 29, 18 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 149, 16 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 5 days.
First found by a player on Day 29, 18 June 2026.
Built from these letters
SCUD starts with S and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read CDSU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start SCUD
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 29
Could you have found SCUD?
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 29 - and most players walked straight past it.
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