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SLINKY
Definition of SLINKY
adjective
Furtive, stealthy or catlike.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From slink + -y.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, SLINK · 5 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.
SLINKY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 49 boards so far. 136 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 22, 11 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 167, 3 November 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First ever to find it
on Day 22, 11 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
SLINKY starts with S and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read IKLNSY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Also seen on Day 22
Could you have found SLINKY?
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 22 - and most players walked straight past it.
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