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SKYWRITE
Definition of SKYWRITE
verb
To write a message in the sky using the trail of smoke from a moving airplane.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From sky + write.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, SKYWRITE · 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.
SKYWRITE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 12 boards so far. 14 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 42, 1 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 136, 3 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 21 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 42, 1 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
SKYWRITE starts with S and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read EIKRSTWY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start SKYWRI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 42
Could you have found SKYWRITE?
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 42 - and most players walked straight past it.
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