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SCYES

5 letters

Definition of SCYES

noun

plural of scye

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Rarity score
Withheld
Revealed only in play
Tier
Withheld
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.

SCYES in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 1 board so far.

Day 1Day 111
Its one board, across 111 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
1
Boards found on
90
First board
21
Days since seen

It first turned up on Day 90, 18 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 21 days.

First ever to find it

lajellybean

on Day 90, 18 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

SCYES
5
Letters
1
Vowels
4
Consonants
4
Different letters
3
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

SCYES starts with S and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read CESSY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. S appears more than once.

Same letters, different word

One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.

SYCES

Could you have found SCYES?

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 90 - and most players walked straight past it.

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