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SKIRL
Definition of SKIRL
verb
To make a shrill sound, as of bagpipes.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Originally from Scots and Northern English dialects (as a verb), probably of Old Norse origin; ultimately imitative.
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.
SKIRL in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 24 boards so far. 40 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 24, 13 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 115, 12 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 5 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 24, 13 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
SKIRL starts with S and ends with L. Sorted, its letters read IKLRS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
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 SKIRL
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 24
Could you have found SKIRL?
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 24 - and most players walked straight past it.
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