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CLEANSKIN

/ˈkliːnskɪn/9 letters

Definition of CLEANSKIN

noun

An unbranded animal.

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

From clean + skin.

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

Word DNA

How it is built

noun2 syllablescompound

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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.

CLEANSKIN in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 1 board so far.

Day 1Day 142
Its one board, across 142 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
1
Boards found on
139
First board
3
Days since seen

It first turned up on Day 139, 6 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.

First ever to find it

markcc

on Day 139, 6 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

CLEANSKIN
9
Letters
3
Vowels
6
Consonants
8
Different letters
3
Longest consonant run
2
Longest vowel run

CLEANSKIN starts with C and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read ACEIKLNNS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. N appears more than once.

Words that start CLEANS

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

CLEANSCLEANSECLEANSEDCLEANSERCLEANSESCLEANSERSCLEANSINGCLEANSABLECLEANSINGSCLEANSKINS

Could you have found CLEANSKIN?

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 139 - and most players walked straight past it.

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