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SLOOP
Definition of SLOOP
noun
A single-masted sailboat with only one headsail.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Dutch sloep. Doublet of chalupa and shallop.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Dutch
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
15th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
0.8%
of traced words share this origin (234)
branch · 22.3% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, SLOOP · 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.
SLOOP in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 57 boards so far. 214 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 22, 11 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 149, 16 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 22, 11 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
SLOOP starts with S and ends with P. Sorted, its letters read LOOPS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once, including a double letter.
Same letters, different word
4 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Also seen on Day 22
Could you have found SLOOP?
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 22 - and most players walked straight past it.
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