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CAPESKIN
Definition of CAPESKIN
noun
A soft sheepskin leather especially used for gloves.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Cape + skin, after Cape Town in South Africa.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
CAPESKIN in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 78, 6 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 31 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 78, 6 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
CAPESKIN starts with C and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read ACEIKNPS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start CAPESK
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found CAPESKIN?
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 78 - and most players walked straight past it.
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