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SKEUOMORPHIC
Definition of SKEUOMORPHIC
adjective
Pertaining to skeuomorphs, obsolete design elements which are retained for familiarity or out of tradition, even though they no longer serve any functional purpose.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From skeuomorph + -ic.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
SKEUOMORPHIC in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far. 15 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 103, 31 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 110, 7 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First ever to find it
on Day 103, 31 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
SKEUOMORPHIC starts with S and ends with C. Sorted, its letters read CEHIKMOOPRSU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once.
Words that start SKEUOMOR
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found SKEUOMORPHIC?
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 103 - and most players walked straight past it.
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