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SKETCH
Definition of SKETCH
verb
To make a brief, basic drawing.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Dutch schets or German Skizze, from Italian schizzo, from Latin schedium, from Ancient Greek σχέδιος (skhédios, “made suddenly, off-hand”), from σχεδόν (skhedón, “near, nearby”), from ἔχω (ékhō, “to hold”). Compare scheme.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
5 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
2nd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
12.6%
of traced words share this origin (3,770)
branch · 12.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, SKETCH · 3 relatives 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.
SKETCH in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 8 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 14, 3 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 110, 7 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 42 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 14, 3 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
SKETCH starts with S and ends with H. Sorted, its letters read CEHKST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start SKETCH
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 14
Could you have found SKETCH?
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 14 - and most players walked straight past it.
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