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SCUP
Definition of SCUP
noun
A common sparoid food fish, Stenotomus chrysops, of temperate regions of the Atlantic coast of North America; the porgy.
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Other senses
SCUP carries 4 further meanings.
noun
A porgy (Stenotomus chrysops) of northwestern Atlantic waters, valued as a food fish.
noun
A swing: a term derived from the Dutch settlers.
To swing; have a swing.
noun
A sparoid fish, the scuppaug or porgy, Stenotomus argyrops, attaining a length of a foot, and a valued foodfish, found from Cape Cod to Florida.
Where it comes from
Shortened form of Narragansett mishcùp (“porgy”) or its plural mishcùppaûog. The singular was also borrowed as mishcup, while another shortening of the plural yields the synonym paugie. The word was also borrowed as scuppaug.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, SCUP · 1 relative 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.
SCUP in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 39 boards so far. 74 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 27, 16 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 150, 17 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 4 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 27, 16 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
SCUP starts with S and ends with P. Sorted, its letters read CPSU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that mean much the same
Near-synonyms of SCUP. Not interchangeable at the board - the grid decides that - but close in meaning.
Same letters, different word
2 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start SCUP
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 27
Could you have found SCUP?
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 27 - and most players walked straight past it.
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