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SLIT
Definition of SLIT
noun
A narrow cut or opening; a slot.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English slitten, from Old English slītan, from Proto-Germanic *slītaną (“to tear apart”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)leyd- (“to tear, rend (cut apart), split apart”). Possibly cognate with Latin laed- (“to strike, hurt, injure”). Doublet of slite; also related to slice through French borrowing. Apparently unrelated to English slot, whose etymology, however, is uncertain.
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Word DNA
Line of descent
4 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
2nd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
14.2%
of traced words share this origin (11,554)
How it is built
Same root, SLIT · 6 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names French, Latin.
Every Proto-Indo-European word → · The Word DNA of OUTLIER →
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
SLIT in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 26 boards so far. 47 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 27, 16 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 163, 30 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 27, 16 June 2026.
Built from these letters
SLIT starts with S and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read ILST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
4 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start SLIT
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 27
Could you have found SLIT?
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 27 - and most players walked straight past it.
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