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SKALD
Definition of SKALD
noun
A Nordic poet of the Viking Age.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Other senses
SKALD carries 4 further meanings.
noun
A medieval Scandinavian poet, especially one writing in the Viking age.
noun
Same as scald.
noun
See scald.
noun
See 5th scald.
Where it comes from
From Old Norse skald. Doublet of scold.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Old Norse
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
14th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
1%
of traced words share this origin (777)
branch · 22.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, SKALD · 1 relative in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
SKALD in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 42 boards so far. 139 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 37, 26 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 155, 22 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 37, 26 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
SKALD starts with S and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read ADKLS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start SKALD
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 37
Could you have found SKALD?
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 37 - and most players walked straight past it.
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