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SKEWING
Definition of SKEWING
verb
present participle and gerund of skew
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Word DNA
SKEWING inherits its ancestry from its root, SKEW.
Line of descent
4 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
6th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
4.7%
of traced words share this origin (3,718)
branch · 22.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, SKEW · 5 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Catalan, Danish, Dutch, Norwegian.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
SKEWING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 26 boards so far. 120 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 40, 29 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 158, 25 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 40, 29 June 2026.
Built from these letters
SKEWING starts with S and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read EGIKNSW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Also seen on Day 40
Could you have found SKEWING?
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 40 - and most players walked straight past it.
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