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SLIPPERIER
Definition of SLIPPERIER
adjective
comparative form of slippery: more slippery
adjective
Of a surface, having low friction, often due to being covered in a non-viscous liquid, and therefore hard to grip, hard to stand on without falling, etc.
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Word DNA
SLIPPERIER inherits its ancestry from its root, SLIPPERY.
Line of descent
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
6th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
4.7%
of traced words share this origin (3,958)
branch · 22.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, SLIPPERY · 1 relative in the game
Its etymology also names Danish, Middle Dutch, Middle Low German, Swedish.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
SLIPPERIER in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 151, 18 October 2026. The most recent board was Day 152, 19 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 19 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 151, 18 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
SLIPPERIER starts with S and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read EEIILPPRRS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I, P, E and R appear more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start SLIPPE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
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