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SLANE
Definition of SLANE
noun
A one-eared spade for cutting turf or peat, consisting of an iron flat-bladed head and a long wooden shaft.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Irish sleán, sleaghán.
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.
SLANE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 5 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 23, 12 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 94, 22 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 8 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 23, 12 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
SLANE starts with S and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read AELNS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
4 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start SLANE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 23
Could you have found SLANE?
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 23 - and most players walked straight past it.
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