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SLACKERY
Definition of SLACKERY
noun
Laxity; idleness; lack of requisite effort.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From slack + -ery.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, SLACK · 5 relatives 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.
SLACKERY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 160, 27 October 2026. The most recent board was Day 173, 9 November 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 160, 27 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
SLACKERY starts with S and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read ACEKLRSY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start SLACKE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found SLACKERY?
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 160 - and most players walked straight past it.
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