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SKYF
Definition of SKYF
noun
A cigarette.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Afrikaans skyf (“a slice; disk”), from Dutch schijf, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *skībǭ. Doublet of shive and skive.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Proto-Germanic
- Dutch
- Afrikaans
- English
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
6th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
4.7%
of traced words share this origin (3,888)
branch · 22.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, SKYF · 2 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.
SKYF in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 9 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 35, 24 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 156, 23 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 10 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 35, 24 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
SKYF starts with S and ends with F. Sorted, its letters read FKSY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Also seen on Day 35
Could you have found SKYF?
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 35 - and most players walked straight past it.
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