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SLOCK
Definition of SLOCK
noun
A draught; a gulp.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Cognate with German Schluck (“a draught; a gulp”), Dutch slok (“a draught; a gulp”). This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
16th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
0.9%
of traced words share this origin (740)
branch · 22.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, SLOCK · 1 relative in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
SLOCK in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 5 boards so far. 18 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 149, 16 October 2026. The most recent board was Day 164, 31 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 8 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 149, 16 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
SLOCK starts with S and ends with K. Sorted, its letters read CKLOS - 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 SLOCK
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found SLOCK?
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 149 - and most players walked straight past it.
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