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SCUTUM
Definition of SCUTUM
noun
An oblong shield made of boards or wickerwork covered with leather, with sometimes an iron rim; carried chiefly by the heavily armed infantry of the Roman army.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Latin scūtum (“shield”). Doublet of escudo, scudo, scute, and écu.
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.
SCUTUM in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 16 boards so far. 32 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 48, 7 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 101, 29 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First ever to find it
on Day 48, 7 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
SCUTUM starts with S and ends with M. Sorted, its letters read CMSTUU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. U appears more than once.
Could you have found SCUTUM?
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 48 - and most players walked straight past it.
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