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SLICE
Definition of SLICE
noun
That which is thin and broad.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English sclise, sklise, from Old French esclice, esclis (“a piece split off”), deverbal of esclicer, esclicier (“to splinter, split up”), from Frankish *slitjan (“to split up”), from Proto-Germanic *slitjaną, from Proto-Germanic *slītaną (“to split, tear apart”), from Proto-Indo-European *sleyd- (“to rend, injure, crumble”). Akin to Old High German sliz, gisliz (“a tear, rip”), Old High German slīȥan (“to tear”), Old English slītan (“to split up”), modern French éclisse. More at slite, slit.
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.
SLICE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 13 boards so far. 22 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 27, 16 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 104, 1 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 5 days.
First found by a player on Day 27, 16 June 2026.
Built from these letters
SLICE starts with S and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read CEILS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
3 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start SLICE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 27
Could you have found SLICE?
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 27 - and most players walked straight past it.
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