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ASKEW
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).
Word DNA
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.
ASKEW in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 54 boards so far. 322 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 21, 10 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 147, 14 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 24, 13 June 2026.
Built from these letters
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.
Also seen on Day 21
Could you have found ASKEW?
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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