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SKEG
Definition of SKEG
noun
A fin-like structure to the rear of the keel of a vessel that supports the rudder and protects a propeller.
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Where it comes from
From a dialectal term for a stump, branch, or wooden peg. Compare shaw and Swedish skog. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term. Particularly: “Which term?”
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OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
SKEG in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 17 boards so far. 22 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 47, 6 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 109, 6 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 47, 6 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
SKEG starts with S and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read EGKS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start SKEG
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 47
Could you have found SKEG?
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 47 - and most players walked straight past it.
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