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SLICKLY

7 letters

Definition of SLICKLY

adverb

In a slick manner; slipperily.

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

From slick + -ly.

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

Word DNA

How it is built

adverbcompound-ly

Same root, SLICK · 9 relatives in the game

The Word DNA of OUTLIER →

Rarity score
Withheld
Revealed only in play
Tier
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Find it yourself

OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

SLICKLY in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 1 board so far.

Day 1Day 175
Its one board, across 175 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
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Boards found on
173
First board
2
Days since seen

It first turned up on Day 173, 9 November 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.

First ever to find it

andypandy

on Day 173, 9 November 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

SLICKLY
7
Letters
1
Vowels
6
Consonants
6
Different letters
4
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

SLICKLY starts with S and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read CIKLLSY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. L appears more than once.

Could you have found SLICKLY?

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 173 - and most players walked straight past it.

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