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SLATER
Definition of SLATER
noun
One who lays slates, or whose occupation is to slate buildings.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English sclater, equivalent to slate + -er.
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.
SLATER in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 8 boards so far. 13 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 26, 15 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 95, 23 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 26, 15 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
SLATER starts with S and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read AELRST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
11 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start SLATER
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found SLATER?
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 26 - and most players walked straight past it.
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