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SLOE
Definition of SLOE
noun
The small, astringent, wild fruit of the blackthorn (Prunus spinosa).
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English slo, sla, sloo, from Old English slā, slāh, from Proto-West Germanic *slaihā, from Proto-Germanic *slaihǭ, *slaihwō, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)leh₃y- (“bluish”). Doublet of Sliwa.
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.
SLOE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 32 boards so far. 71 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 13, 2 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 97, 25 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 13, 2 June 2026.
Built from these letters
SLOE starts with S and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read ELOS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
3 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start SLOE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 13
Could you have found SLOE?
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 13 - and most players walked straight past it.
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