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SKIAPOD
Definition of SKIAPOD
noun
Alternative form of sciapod.
noun
A member of a mythical race of humans living in Africa, who have one single, large foot which they use to shade themselves from the rays of the sun.
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Word DNA
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
SKIAPOD in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 151, 18 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 20 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 151, 18 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
SKIAPOD starts with S and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read ADIKOPS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start SKIAPO
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found SKIAPOD?
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 151 - and most players walked straight past it.
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