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SKITTER
Definition of SKITTER
verb
To move hurriedly or as by bouncing or twitching; to scamper, to scurry; to scuttle.
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Where it comes from
Possibly a frequentative of skite (“to move lightly and hurriedly; to move suddenly, particularly in an oblique direction”) (Scotland, Northern England). The noun is derived from the verb.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, SKITTER · 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.
SKITTER in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 148, 15 October 2026. The most recent board was Day 167, 3 November 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 5 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 148, 15 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
SKITTER starts with S and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read EIKRSTT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. T appears more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start SKITTE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found SKITTER?
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 148 - and most players walked straight past it.
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