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SCUMBAG
Definition of SCUMBAG
noun
A condom.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From scum + bag; first recorded use 1953.
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.
SCUMBAG in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 11 boards so far. 22 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 22, 11 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 97, 25 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 5 days.
First found by a player on Day 22, 11 June 2026.
Built from these letters
SCUMBAG starts with S and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read ABCGMSU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start SCUMBA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 22
Could you have found SCUMBAG?
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 22 - and most players walked straight past it.
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