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SKIM
Definition of SKIM
verb
To pass lightly; to glide along in an even, smooth course; to glide along near the surface.
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Where it comes from
From Middle English skemen, skymen, variants of scumen, from Old French escumer (“to remove scum”), from escume (“froth, foam”), from Frankish *skūm (“froth, foam”), from Proto-Germanic *skūmaz (“foam”), from Proto-Indo-European *skew- (“to cover, conceal”). See scum.
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.
SKIM in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 5 boards so far. 29 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 61, 20 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 97, 25 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 5 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 61, 20 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
SKIM starts with S and ends with M. Sorted, its letters read IKMS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start SKIM
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found SKIM?
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 61 - and most players walked straight past it.
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