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SLICKERS
Definition of SLICKERS
noun
plural of slicker
SLICK · via slicker
adjective
Slippery or smooth due to a covering of liquid; often used to describe appearances.
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Word DNA
SLICKERS inherits its ancestry from its root, SLICK.
Line of descent
4 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
2nd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
14.2%
of traced words share this origin (11,866)
How it is built
Same root, SLICK · 7 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Dutch, Old Norse.
Every Proto-Indo-European word → · The Word DNA of OUTLIER →
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
SLICKERS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far. 60 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 153, 20 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 17 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 153, 20 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
SLICKERS starts with S and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read CEIKLRSS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. S appears more than once.
Words that start SLICKE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found SLICKERS?
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 153 - and most players walked straight past it.
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