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SKUNKED
Definition of SKUNKED
verb
simple past and past participle of skunk
SKUNK
noun
Any of various mammals of the subfamily Mephitinae, native to North and Central America, having a glossy black coat with white markings and two musk glands at the base of the tail for emitting a noxious smell as a defensive measure.
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Word DNA
SKUNKED inherits its ancestry from its root, SKUNK.
How it is built
Same root, SKUNK · 1 relative 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.
SKUNKED in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far. 29 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 139, 6 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 8 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 139, 6 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
SKUNKED starts with S and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read DEKKNSU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. K appears more than once.
Could you have found SKUNKED?
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 139 - and most players walked straight past it.
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