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SKEWBALD
Definition of SKEWBALD
adjective
Marked with patches of white and non-black colours.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From skew + bald (where bald means having patches of white).
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.
SKEWBALD in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 6 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 46, 5 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 97, 25 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 4 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 46, 5 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
SKEWBALD starts with S and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read ABDEKLSW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start SKEWBA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 46
Could you have found SKEWBALD?
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 46 - and most players walked straight past it.
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