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SKITES
Definition of SKITES
verb
third-person singular simple present indicative of skite
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Word DNA
SKITES inherits its ancestry from its root, SKIT.
Line of descent
- Old Norse
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
14th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
1%
of traced words share this origin (780)
branch · 22.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, SKIT · 2 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names German.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
SKITES 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 19 days.
Built from these letters
SKITES starts with S and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read EIKSST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. S appears more than once.
Could you have found SKITES?
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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