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SLAB
Definition of SLAB
noun
A large, flat piece of solid material; a solid object that is large and flat.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English sclabbe, slabbe, of uncertain origin; possibly from *slap, related to dialectal slappel (“portion, piece”), along with slape (“slippery”), sleip (“smooth piece of timber”), borrowed through Old Norse sleipr from Proto-Germanic *slaipaz, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)leyb-. See also Norwegian sleip (“slippery”) and Icelandic sleipur.
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.
SLAB in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 8 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 26, 15 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 107, 4 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 13 days.
First found by a player on Day 26, 15 June 2026.
Built from these letters
SLAB starts with S and ends with B. Sorted, its letters read ABLS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
3 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start SLAB
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 26
Could you have found SLAB?
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 26 - and most players walked straight past it.
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