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SLIPES
Definition of SLIPES
noun
plural of slipe
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Word DNA
SLIPES inherits its ancestry from its root, SLIP.
Line of descent
5 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
6th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
4.1%
of traced words share this origin (1,226)
branch · 22.3% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, SLIP · 4 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Dutch.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
SLIPES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 76, 4 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 118, 15 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 33 days.
First found by a player on Day 76, 4 August 2026.
Built from these letters
SLIPES starts with S and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read EILPSS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. S appears more than once.
Same letters, different word
4 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Could you have found SLIPES?
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 76 - and most players walked straight past it.
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