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SLITHER
Definition of SLITHER
verb
To move about smoothly and from side to side.
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Where it comes from
From Middle English slitheren, alteration of slideren (“to slither, creep”), from Old English slidrian (“to slip, slide, slither”), from Proto-West Germanic *slidrōn (“to slide, slither”), from Proto-Indo-European *sleydʰ- (“to slip”), equivalent to slide + -er (frequentative suffix). Cognate with Dutch slidderen (“to slip, wriggle, slither”), German schlittern (“to slither, skid”). More at slide.
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.
SLITHER in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 19 boards so far. 37 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 23, 12 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 97, 25 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 23, 12 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
SLITHER starts with S and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read EHILRST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start SLITHE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 23
Could you have found SLITHER?
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 23 - and most players walked straight past it.
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