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SKYTES

6 letters

Definition of SKYTES

verb

third-person singular simple present indicative of skyte

SKITE · via skyte

noun

A sudden hit or blow; a glancing blow.

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Word DNA

How it is built

verb

Same root, SKYTE · 1 relative in the game

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.

SKYTES in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 1 board so far.

Day 1Day 168
Its one board, across 168 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
1
Boards found on
140
First board
28
Days since seen

It first turned up on Day 140, 7 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 28 days.

First ever to find it

yis01

on Day 140, 7 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

SKYTES
6
Letters
1
Vowels
5
Consonants
5
Different letters
4
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

SKYTES starts with S and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read EKSSTY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. S appears more than once.

Could you have found SKYTES?

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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