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SKITCH
Definition of SKITCH
verb
To hitch a ride by holding on to a motor vehicle while riding on a skateboard, roller skates, or bicycle.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Blend of skate + hitch.
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.
SKITCH in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 9 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 9, 29 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 98, 26 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 4 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 9, 29 May 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
SKITCH starts with S and ends with H. Sorted, its letters read CHIKST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
4 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start SKITCH
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 9
Could you have found SKITCH?
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 9 - and most players walked straight past it.
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