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FOXSKIN
Definition of FOXSKIN
noun
The pelt of a fox.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From fox + skin.
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.
FOXSKIN in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 4 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 67, 26 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 115, 12 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 5 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 67, 26 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
FOXSKIN starts with F and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read FIKNOSX - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram. It uses X - among the least common letters in written English.
Words that start FOXSKI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found FOXSKIN?
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 67 - and most players walked straight past it.
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