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SKIJORING
Definition of SKIJORING
noun
The winter sport of a person being towed on skis, especially by sled dogs
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Norwegian skikjøring.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
SKIJORING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 35, 24 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 83, 11 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 38 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 35, 24 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
SKIJORING starts with S and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read GIIJKNORS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I appears more than once. It uses J - among the least common letters in written English.
Words that start SKIJOR
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found SKIJORING?
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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