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SKUTTLING

9 letters

Definition of SKUTTLING

verb

present participle and gerund of skuttle

SCUTTLE · via skuttle

noun

A container like an open bucket (usually to hold and carry coal).

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Word DNA

How it is built

verb

The Word DNA of OUTLIER →

Rarity score
Withheld
Revealed only in play
Tier
Withheld
Find it yourself

OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

SKUTTLING in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 1 board so far.

Day 1Day 173
Its one board, across 173 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
1
Boards found on
173
First board
0
Days since seen

It first turned up on Day 173, 9 November 2026. It was on the latest finished board.

First ever to find it

kcjojo

on Day 173, 9 November 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

SKUTTLING
9
Letters
2
Vowels
7
Consonants
8
Different letters
3
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

SKUTTLING starts with S and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read GIKLNSTTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. T appears more than once, including a double letter.

Words that start SKUTTL

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

Could you have found SKUTTLING?

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 173 - and most players walked straight past it.

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