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SLOIDS
Definition of SLOIDS
Wiktionary has no entry for SLOIDS itself. This is its base word, SLOID.
noun
Alternative form of sloyd.
noun
A Scandinavian system of handicraft-based education that emphasizes the importance of practical, hands-on work to develop cognitive and problem-solving skills. In particular, it is often associated with woodworking and carving, but can include other crafts as well.
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Word DNA
SLOIDS inherits its ancestry from its root, SLOYD.
Line of descent
- Swedish
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
28th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
0.3%
of traced words share this origin (272)
branch · 22.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, SLOYD · 3 relatives 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.
SLOIDS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 146, 13 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 21 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 146, 13 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
SLOIDS starts with S and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read DILOSS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. S appears more than once.
Same letters, different word
2 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Could you have found SLOIDS?
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 146 - and most players walked straight past it.
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