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SLIDEWAY
Definition of SLIDEWAY
noun
Any form of track along which things can slide.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From slide + way.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, TRACK · 11 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.
SLIDEWAY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 149, 16 October 2026. The most recent board was Day 152, 19 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 15 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 149, 16 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
SLIDEWAY starts with S and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read ADEILSWY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start SLIDEW
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found SLIDEWAY?
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 149 - and most players walked straight past it.
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