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ESKY
Definition of ESKY
noun
An insulated picnic cooler, using ice or refrigerated blocks to keep food and drinks cool.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Esky (“brand name”), a brand name originally owned by Malley's Ltd, of Sydney, Australia, from 1952; since genericised. From Esk(imo) + -ie.
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.
ESKY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 8 boards so far. 17 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 42, 1 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 110, 7 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 46, 5 July 2026.
Built from these letters
ESKY starts with E and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read EKSY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
4 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Also seen on Day 42
Could you have found ESKY?
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 42 - and most players walked straight past it.
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