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SLIPWAY
Definition of SLIPWAY
noun
A sloping surface, leading down to the shore or to a river, on which ships are built, repaired or stored and from which they are launched.
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Where it comes from
From slip + way.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
SLIPWAY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 42, 1 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 87, 15 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 15 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 42, 1 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
SLIPWAY starts with S and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read AILPSWY - 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.
Words that start SLIPWA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 42
Could you have found SLIPWAY?
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 42 - and most players walked straight past it.
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