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RESKEW
Definition of RESKEW
verb
Obsolete form of rescue.
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Word DNA
RESKEW inherits its ancestry from its root, RESCUE.
Line of descent
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
30.5%
of traced words share this origin (24,890)
branch · 30.5% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, RESCUE · 6 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Old English.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
RESKEW in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 40, 29 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 151, 18 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 14 days.
First found by a player on Day 40, 29 June 2026.
Built from these letters
RESKEW starts with R and ends with W. Sorted, its letters read EEKRSW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Same letters, different word
2 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start RESKEW
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 40
Could you have found RESKEW?
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 40 - and most players walked straight past it.
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