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SKRY
Definition of SKRY
verb
Alternative form of scry.
verb
To magically or supernaturally look into or (as an entertainer) predict (the future), using crystal balls or other objects.
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Word DNA
SKRY inherits its ancestry from its root, SCRY.
Line of descent
- Old French
- Middle English
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
9th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
2.9%
of traced words share this origin (2,283)
branch · 12.9% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, SCRY · 8 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.
SKRY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 26 boards so far. 26 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 40, 29 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 155, 22 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First ever to find it
on Day 40, 29 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
SKRY starts with S and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read KRSY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Could you have found SKRY?
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 40 - and most players walked straight past it.
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