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SLANDEROUS
Definition of SLANDEROUS
adjective
Both untrue and harmful to a reputation.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From slander + -ous.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
SLANDEROUS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 124, 21 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 15 days.
First found by a player on Day 124, 21 September 2026.
Built from these letters
SLANDEROUS starts with S and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ADELNORSSU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. S appears more than once.
Words that start SLANDE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found SLANDEROUS?
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 124 - and most players walked straight past it.
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