The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
SKIMMER
Definition of SKIMMER
noun
A device that skims. A sieve-like, slotted spoon. A device for removing organic matter from an aquarium. A device used to read and record the magnetic code from a credit card for later fraudulent use.
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Where it comes from
From skim + -er.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, SKIMMER · 1 relative 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.
SKIMMER in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 140, 7 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 5 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 140, 7 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
SKIMMER starts with S and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read EIKMMRS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. M 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.
Could you have found SKIMMER?
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 140 - and most players walked straight past it.
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