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SKYWRITING
Definition of SKYWRITING
noun
Messages, left by leaving a trail of smoke from an airplane, that are visible from the ground.
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Where it comes from
From sky + writing.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
SKYWRITING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 4 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 87, 15 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 109, 6 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 87, 15 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
SKYWRITING starts with S and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read GIIKNRSTWY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I appears more than once.
Words that start SKYWRI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found SKYWRITING?
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 87 - and most players walked straight past it.
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