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SLIOTAR

/ˈslɪtər/7 letters

Definition of SLIOTAR

noun

A hard ball, similar in size to a baseball, used in hurling.

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

Borrowed from Irish sliotar.

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

Word DNA

Line of descent

  1. Irish
  2. English

One recorded step before English.

Irish

Deepest traced root

23rd

of 59 source languages in OUTLIER

0.4%

of traced words share this origin (342)

Celtic

branch · 0.7% of traced words

How it is built

noun2 syllables

Every Irish word → · The Word DNA of OUTLIER →

Rarity score
Withheld
Revealed only in play
Tier
Withheld
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.

SLIOTAR in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 14 boards so far. 12 players have found it across Outlier's history.

Day 1Day 163
Its 14 boards, across 163 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
14
Boards found on
35
First board
152
Latest board
35
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 35, 24 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 152, 19 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 11 days.

First ever to find it

sinney

on Day 35, 24 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

SLIOTAR
7
Letters
3
Vowels
4
Consonants
7
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
2
Longest vowel run

SLIOTAR starts with S and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read AILORST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.

Same letters, different word

3 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.

Words that start SLIOTA

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

SLIOTARS

Could you have found SLIOTAR?

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 35 - and most players walked straight past it.

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