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SLAYING
Definition of SLAYING
verb
present participle and gerund of slay
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OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
SLAYING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 7 boards so far. 12 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 26, 15 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 99, 27 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.
First found by a player on Day 26, 15 June 2026.
Also on
Built from these letters
SLAYING starts with S and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read AGILNSY - 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 SLAYIN
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 26
Could you have found SLAYING?
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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