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HYDROSKI
Definition of HYDROSKI
noun
A ski allowing a seaplane to land on water.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From hydro- + ski.
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.
HYDROSKI in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 88, 16 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 98, 26 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 58 days.
First found by a player on Day 88, 16 August 2026.
Built from these letters
HYDROSKI starts with H and ends with I. Sorted, its letters read DHIKORSY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start HYDROS
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found HYDROSKI?
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 88 - and most players walked straight past it.
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