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SKIVER
Definition of SKIVER
noun
A slacker.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Other senses
SKIVER carries 4 further meanings.
To skewer; impale.
noun
Same as skiving-knife.
noun
Leather split by the skiving-knife; a thin leather made of the grained side of split sheepskin tanned in sumac. It is used for cheap bindings for books, the lining of hats, pocket-books, etc. Compare skiving.
noun
In shoe manufacturing, a machine for cutting counters for shoes and for making rands; a leather-skiving machine.
Where it comes from
From skive (“play truant”) + -er. Probably from French esquiver (“slink away”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- French
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
5th
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
7.2%
of traced words share this origin (2,081)
branch · 15.4% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, SKIVER · 2 relatives 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.
SKIVER in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 32 boards so far. 170 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 9, 29 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 139, 6 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 5 days.
First found by a player on Day 9, 29 May 2026.
Built from these letters
SKIVER starts with S and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read EIKRSV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start SKIVER
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 9
Could you have found SKIVER?
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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