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SKIRMISHER
Definition of SKIRMISHER
noun
An infantry soldier used for skirmishing.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From skirmish + -er.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, SKIRMISH · 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.
SKIRMISHER in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far. 14 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 140, 7 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 7 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
SKIRMISHER starts with S and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read EHIIKMRRSS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. S, I and R appear more than once.
Words that start SKIRMI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found SKIRMISHER?
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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