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SLAG
Definition of SLAG
noun
Waste material from a mine.
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Where it comes from
Borrowed from Middle Low German slagge, slaggen (“slag, dross”), from Old Saxon *slaggo, from Proto-West Germanic *slaggō, from Proto-Germanic *slaggô, from Proto-Germanic *slagōną (“to strike”) + *-gô (diminutive suffix). Compare Middle Low German slāgen (“to strike”), since originally the splinters struck off from the metal by hammering, from *slagōn, from Proto-West Germanic *slagōn. Compare also Old Saxon slegi, from Proto-West Germanic *slagi. See also Dutch slak, German Schlacke, Swedish slagg; also compare English slay.
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OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
SLAG in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 49 boards so far. 148 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 6, 27 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 108, 5 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First found by a player on Day 6, 27 May 2026.
Built from these letters
SLAG starts with S and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read AGLS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
2 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start SLAG
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 6
Could you have found SLAG?
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 6 - and most players walked straight past it.
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