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SLOPED
Definition of SLOPED
verb
simple past and past participle of slope
noun
A surface that either inclines or declines in a regular manner from the perspective of an observer.
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Word DNA
SLOPED inherits its ancestry from its root, SLOP.
Line of descent
- Old English
- Middle English
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
6th
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
4.1%
of traced words share this origin (1,218)
branch · 22.3% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, SLOP · 6 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Icelandic.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
SLOPED in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 21 boards so far. 32 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 5, 26 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 126, 23 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 23 days.
First found by a player on Day 5, 26 May 2026.
Built from these letters
SLOPED starts with S and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read DELOPS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Also seen on Day 5
Could you have found SLOPED?
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 5 - and most players walked straight past it.
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