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SKYRS
Definition of SKYRS
Wiktionary has no entry for SKYRS itself. This is its base word, SKYR.
noun
A yogurt-like product made of curdled milk, curds stored up for food; a thick dairy product unique to Icelandic cuisine.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
The origin recorded for SKYR.
Borrowed from Icelandic skyr.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Icelandic
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
37th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
0.2%
of traced words share this origin (130)
branch · 22.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, SKYR · 3 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.
SKYRS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 140, 7 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 26 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 140, 7 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
SKYRS starts with S and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read KRSSY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. S appears more than once.
Could you have found SKYRS?
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 140 - and most players walked straight past it.
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