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SKIFF
Definition of SKIFF
noun
A small flat-bottomed open boat with a pointed bow and square stern.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English skif, from Middle French esquif, from Old Italian schifo (“small boat”), from Lombardic skif (“boat”), from Proto-Germanic *skipą (“boat, ship”). Doublet of ship.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
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 (3,958)
branch · 22.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, SKIFF · 3 relatives in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
SKIFF in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far. 15 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 151, 18 October 2026. The most recent board was Day 153, 20 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 18 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
SKIFF starts with S and ends with F. Sorted, its letters read FFIKS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. F appears more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start SKIFF
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found SKIFF?
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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