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GLIDDERY
Definition of GLIDDERY
adjective
Slippery; smooth.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From glidder + -y. Compare Low German glidderig and Middle Dutch gliderich.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Its etymology also names German, Middle Dutch.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
GLIDDERY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 152, 19 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First ever to find it
on Day 152, 19 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
GLIDDERY starts with G and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read DDEGILRY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. D appears more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start GLIDDE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found GLIDDERY?
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 152 - and most players walked straight past it.
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