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SKITTERY

8 letters

Definition of SKITTERY

adjective

skittish

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

From skitter + -y.

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

Word DNA

How it is built

adjectivecompound

The Word DNA of OUTLIER →

Rarity score
Withheld
Revealed only in play
Tier
Withheld
Find it yourself

OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

SKITTERY in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 1 board so far.

Day 1Day 171
Its one board, across 171 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
1
Boards found on
167
First board
4
Days since seen

It first turned up on Day 167, 3 November 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 4 days.

First found by a player on Day 167, 3 November 2026.

Built from these letters

SKITTERY
8
Letters
2
Vowels
6
Consonants
7
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

SKITTERY starts with S and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read EIKRSTTY - 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.

SKITTERSKITTERSSKITTEREDSKITTERIERSKITTERINGSKITTERIEST

Could you have found SKITTERY?

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 167 - and most players walked straight past it.

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