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SLOOD
Definition of SLOOD
noun
Wheel track.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Perhaps related to Old Norse slóð, whence English sleuth.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Old Norse
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
14th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
1%
of traced words share this origin (822)
branch · 22.6% of traced words
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
SLOOD in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 149, 16 October 2026. The most recent board was Day 152, 19 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 11 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
SLOOD starts with S and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read DLOOS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once, including a double letter.
Same letters, different word
3 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Could you have found SLOOD?
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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