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SCULLING
Definition of SCULLING
verb
present participle and gerund of scull
noun
A single oar mounted at the stern of a boat and moved from side to side to propel the boat forward.
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Word DNA
SCULLING inherits its ancestry from its root, SCULL.
Line of descent
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
16th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
0.8%
of traced words share this origin (197)
branch · 22.7% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, SCULL · 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.
SCULLING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far. 29 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 131, 28 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 131, 28 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
SCULLING starts with S and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read CGILLNSU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. L appears more than once, including a double letter.
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 SCULLI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found SCULLING?
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 131 - and most players walked straight past it.
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