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SLOOMED
Definition of SLOOMED
verb
simple past and past participle of sloom
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Word DNA
SLOOMED inherits its ancestry from its root, SLOOM.
Line of descent
4 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
2nd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
14.4%
of traced words share this origin (11,166)
How it is built
Same root, SLOOM · 4 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Dutch.
Every Proto-Indo-European word → · The Word DNA of OUTLIER →
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
SLOOMED in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 65, 24 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 123, 20 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 32 days.
First found by a player on Day 65, 24 July 2026.
Built from these letters
SLOOMED starts with S and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read DELMOOS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once, including a double letter.
Could you have found SLOOMED?
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 65 - and most players walked straight past it.
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