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SCUTAGE
Definition of SCUTAGE
noun
A tax, paid in lieu of military service, that was a significant source of revenue in England in the twelfth and thirteenth centuries.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English scutage, from Medieval Latin scutagium, from Latin scutum (“shield”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Latin
- Middle English
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
30.6%
of traced words share this origin (24,726)
branch · 30.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, SCUTAGE · 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.
SCUTAGE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 25 boards so far. 29 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 43, 2 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 162, 29 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 43, 2 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
SCUTAGE starts with S and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read ACEGSTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Also seen on Day 43
Could you have found SCUTAGE?
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 43 - and most players walked straight past it.
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