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SGRAFFITO
Definition of SGRAFFITO
noun
A technique in ceramics, art and wall design, where the top layer of pigment or slip is scratched through to reveal an underlying layer.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Italian sgraffito, from s- (“out”) + graffito (past participle of graffire), ultimately from Ancient Greek γράφειν (gráphein, “to write or scratch”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Ancient Greek
- Italian
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
2nd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
12.5%
of traced words share this origin (3,443)
branch · 12.5% of traced words
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
SGRAFFITO in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 132, 29 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 6 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 132, 29 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
SGRAFFITO starts with S and ends with O. Sorted, its letters read AFFGIORST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. F appears more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start SGRAFF
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found SGRAFFITO?
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 132 - and most players walked straight past it.
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