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VELDSKOEN
Definition of VELDSKOEN
noun
Originally, a shoe with untanned leather upper sewn without nails, similar to the Canadian moccasin; now generally a heavy boot for outdoor labour.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Dutch veldschoen (Cape Dutch), from vel (“skin, hide”) + schoen (“shoe”); later reinforced by Afrikaans veldskoen.
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.
VELDSKOEN in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 4 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 68, 27 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 95, 23 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 16 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 68, 27 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
VELDSKOEN starts with V and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read DEEKLNOSV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Words that start VELDSK
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found VELDSKOEN?
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 68 - and most players walked straight past it.
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