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SCUTWORKS
Definition of SCUTWORKS
Wiktionary has no entry for SCUTWORKS itself. This is its base word, SCUTWORK.
noun
Tasks that are tedious and monotonous or trivial and menial, usually inherent in the operations of a larger project.
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Where it comes from
The origin recorded for SCUTWORK.
From scut + work; see scut (“contemptible person”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, SCUTWORK · 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.
SCUTWORKS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 172, 8 November 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 172, 8 November 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
SCUTWORKS starts with S and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read CKORSSTUW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. S appears more than once.
Could you have found SCUTWORKS?
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 172 - and most players walked straight past it.
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