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SLAUGHTER
Definition of SLAUGHTER
noun
The killing of animals, generally for food.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English slaughter, from Old Norse *slahtr, later sláttr, from Proto-Germanic *slahtrą, from Proto-Germanic *slahaną. Equivalent to slay + -ter (as in laughter). Eventually derived from Proto-Indo-European *slak- (“to hit, strike, throw”). Related with Dutch slachten, German schlachten, Finnish lahdata (all “to slaughter”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
7th
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
3.4%
of traced words share this origin (970)
branch · 22.4% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, SLAUGHT · 1 relative in the game
Its etymology also names Dutch, Finnish, Proto-Indo-European.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
SLAUGHTER in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 49 boards so far. 114 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 13, 2 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 132, 29 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 12 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
SLAUGHTER starts with S and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read AEGHLRSTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start SLAUGH
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 13
Could you have found SLAUGHTER?
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 13 - and most players walked straight past it.
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