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SLALOMING
Definition of SLALOMING
verb
present participle and gerund of slalom
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Word DNA
SLALOMING inherits its ancestry from its root, SLALOM.
Line of descent
- Norwegian
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
42nd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
0.1%
of traced words share this origin (75)
branch · 22.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, SLALOM · 3 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.
SLALOMING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 161, 28 October 2026. The most recent board was Day 166, 2 November 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 9 days.
First found by a player on Day 161, 28 October 2026.
Built from these letters
SLALOMING starts with S and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read AGILLMNOS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. L appears more than once.
Words that start SLALOM
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found SLALOMING?
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 161 - and most players walked straight past it.
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