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SKEWER
Definition of SKEWER
noun
A long pin, normally made of metal or wood, used to secure food during cooking.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English skeuier, skuer, likely a variant of Middle English *skever, *skiver (compare Modern English skiver), probably of North Germanic origin, compare Icelandic skífa (“to slice”), Norwegian skive, Swedish skiva, Swedish skifer (“a slate”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- German
- Middle English
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
8th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
3.3%
of traced words share this origin (2,600)
branch · 22.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, SKEW · 5 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Icelandic, Norwegian, Swedish.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
SKEWER in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 28 boards so far. 53 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 35, 24 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 149, 16 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 7 days.
First found by a player on Day 35, 24 June 2026.
Built from these letters
SKEWER starts with S and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read EEKRSW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Same letters, different word
2 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start SKEWER
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 35
Could you have found SKEWER?
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 35 - and most players walked straight past it.
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