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SKORT
Definition of SKORT
noun
A pair of shorts designed to look like a skirt via the addition of a panel of fabric.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Blend of skirt + shorts. First attested in the 1950s.
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.
SKORT in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 16 boards so far. 26 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 36, 25 June 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 36, 25 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
SKORT starts with S and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read KORST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
2 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start SKORT
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found SKORT?
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 36 - and most players walked straight past it.
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