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SLICKER
Definition of SLICKER
adjective
comparative form of slick: more slick
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From the adjective slick.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, SLICK · 3 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.
SLICKER in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 32 boards so far. 80 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 31, 20 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 153, 20 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 31, 20 June 2026.
Built from these letters
SLICKER starts with S and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read CEIKLRS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
2 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start SLICKE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 31
Could you have found SLICKER?
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 31 - and most players walked straight past it.
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