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SKRYER
Definition of SKRYER
noun
Alternative form of scryer.
noun
One who divines, sees or predicts the future by means of a scrying tool; especially a crystal ball.
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Word DNA
SKRYER 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 (2,501)
branch · 12.8% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, SCRY · 9 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.
SKRYER in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 155, 22 October 2026. The most recent board was Day 172, 8 November 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First found by a player on Day 155, 22 October 2026.
Built from these letters
SKRYER starts with S and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read EKRRSY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. R appears more than once.
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 SKRYER?
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 155 - and most players walked straight past it.
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