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SCUNCHEON

/ˈskʌntʃ.ən/9 letters

Definition of SCUNCHEON

noun

The portion of a wall exposed by an opening in a wall such as a window or door frame, when the window frame does not conceal the entire width of the wall.

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Word DNA

How it is built

noun2 syllables

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Rarity score
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Revealed only in play
Tier
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Find it yourself

OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

SCUNCHEON in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 1 board so far.

Day 1Day 171
Its one board, across 171 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
1
Boards found on
139
First board
32
Days since seen

It first turned up on Day 139, 6 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 32 days.

First found by a player on Day 139, 6 October 2026.

Built from these letters

SCUNCHEON
9
Letters
3
Vowels
6
Consonants
7
Different letters
3
Longest consonant run
2
Longest vowel run

SCUNCHEON starts with S and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read CCEHNNOSU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. C and N appear more than once.

Words that start SCUNCH

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

SCUNCHEONS

Could you have found SCUNCHEON?

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 139 - and most players walked straight past it.

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