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SKELETON
Definition of SKELETON
noun
The system that provides support to an organism, where in vertebrates it is internal and consists of bones and cartilage, and external in some other animals.
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Where it comes from
Click on labels in the image From New Latin sceleton, from Ancient Greek σκελετόν (skeletón), the neuter of σκελετός (skeletós, “dried up, withered, dried body, parched, mummy”), from σκέλλω (skéllō, “dry, dry up, make dry, parch”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kelh₁- (“to parch, wither”); compare Ancient Greek σκληρός (sklērós, “hard”).
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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.
SKELETON in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 27 boards so far. 59 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 8, 29 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 102, 30 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 8, 29 May 2026.
Built from these letters
SKELETON starts with S and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read EEKLNOST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Words that start SKELET
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 8
Could you have found SKELETON?
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 8 - and most players walked straight past it.
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