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SCUFFING
Definition of SCUFFING
verb
present participle and gerund of scuff
SCUFF
verb
To scrape the feet while walking.
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Word DNA
SCUFFING inherits its ancestry from its root, SCUFF.
Line of descent
- Proto-Germanic
- Old Norse
- Scots
- English
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
7th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
3.5%
of traced words share this origin (937)
branch · 22.8% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, SCUFF · 2 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.
SCUFFING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far. 18 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 134, 1 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First ever to find it
on Day 134, 1 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
SCUFFING starts with S and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read CFFGINSU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. F appears more than once, including a double letter.
Could you have found SCUFFING?
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 134 - and most players walked straight past it.
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