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ASKEW

/əˈskju/5 letters

Definition of ASKEW

adjective

Turned or twisted to one side.

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

From a- + skew.

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

Rarity score
Withheld
Revealed only in play
Tier
Withheld
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OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

ASKEW in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 35 boards so far. 197 players have found it across Outlier's history.

Day 1Day 102
Its 35 boards, across 102 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
35
Boards found on
21
First board
102
Latest board
7
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 21, 10 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 102, 30 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.

First found by a player on Day 24, 13 June 2026.

Built from these letters

ASKEW
5
Letters
2
Vowels
3
Consonants
5
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

ASKEW starts with A and ends with W. Sorted, its letters read AEKSW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.

Same letters, different word

2 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.

Words that start ASKEW

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

ASKEWNESSASKEWNESSES

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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 21 - and most players walked straight past it.

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