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SKAITHING
Definition of SKAITHING
Wiktionary has no entry for SKAITHING itself. This is its base word, SKAITH.
noun
Alternative form of scathe (“damage”).
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
The origin recorded for SKAITH.
Borrowed from Scots skaith.
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.
SKAITHING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 56, 15 July 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 64 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 56, 15 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
SKAITHING starts with S and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read AGHIIKNST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I appears more than once.
Words that start SKAITH
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 56
Could you have found SKAITHING?
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 56 - and most players walked straight past it.
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