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SKIDDER

/ˈskɪdə(ɹ)/7 letters

Definition of SKIDDER

noun

One who travels with a skidding motion.

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

From skid + -er.

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

Word DNA

How it is built

noun2 syllablescompound-er

The Word DNA of OUTLIER →

Rarity score
Withheld
Revealed only in play
Tier
Withheld
Find it yourself

OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

SKIDDER in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 2 boards so far.

Day 1Day 146
Its 2 boards, across 146 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
2
Boards found on
139
First board
141
Latest board
2
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 139, 6 October 2026. The most recent board was Day 141, 8 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 5 days.

First ever to find it

desdemona

on Day 139, 6 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

SKIDDER
7
Letters
2
Vowels
5
Consonants
6
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

SKIDDER starts with S and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read DDEIKRS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. D appears more than once, including a double letter.

Same letters, different word

One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.

Words that start SKIDDE

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

SKIDDEDSKIDDERS

Could you have found SKIDDER?

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 139 - and most players walked straight past it.

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