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SLALOM
Definition of SLALOM
noun
The sport of skiing in a zigzag course through gates.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Norwegian sla (“steep, hill side”) and låm (“trail”).
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.
SLALOM in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 110, 7 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 10 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 110, 7 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
SLALOM starts with S and ends with M. Sorted, its letters read ALLMOS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. L appears more than once.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start SLALOM
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found SLALOM?
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 110 - and most players walked straight past it.
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