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SLATTERING
Definition of SLATTERING
verb
present participle and gerund of slatter
SLATTER
verb
To be awkward, careless, or negligent, especially with regard to dress and neatness.
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Word DNA
SLATTERING inherits its ancestry from its root, SLATTER.
Line of descent
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
16th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
0.7%
of traced words share this origin (210)
branch · 22.3% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, SLATTER · 2 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.
SLATTERING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 138, 5 October 2026. The most recent board was Day 148, 15 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First ever to find it
on Day 138, 5 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
SLATTERING starts with S and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read AEGILNRSTT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. T appears more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start SLATTE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found SLATTERING?
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 138 - and most players walked straight past it.
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