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SKELLY
Definition of SKELLY
noun
A squint.
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Where it comes from
Probably of North Germanic origin, from Old Norse *skjelga ("to squint"; found only in the reflexive skjelgask (“to come askew; squint the eyes”)), from Proto-Germanic *skilgijaną (“to squint”), from Proto-Germanic *skelhaz, *skelhwaz, *skelgaz (“slanted; sloping; squinting”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kel- (“to bend; crook”). Compare Danish skele (“to squint”), Swedish skela (“to squint”), Scots skellie, scalie, skellice (“to squint; look to the side”), German schielen (“to squint”).
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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.
SKELLY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 110, 7 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 10 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 110, 7 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
SKELLY starts with S and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read EKLLSY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. L appears more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start SKELLY
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found SKELLY?
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