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SKEGS
Definition of SKEGS
noun
plural 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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Word DNA
SKEGS inherits its ancestry from its root, SKEG.
How it is built
Same root, SKEG · 1 relative in the game
Its etymology also names Swedish.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
SKEGS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 153, 20 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 16 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 153, 20 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
SKEGS starts with S and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read EGKSS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. S appears more than once.
Could you have found SKEGS?
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 153 - and most players walked straight past it.
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