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SLOPPY

/ˈslɒ.pi/6 letters

Definition of SLOPPY

adjective

Composed of or covered in slop; very wet.

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

From slop + -y.

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

Word DNA

How it is built

adjective2 syllablescompound

Same root, SLOP · 10 relatives in the game

The Word DNA of OUTLIER →

Rarity score
Withheld
Revealed only in play
Tier
Withheld
Find it yourself

OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

SLOPPY in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 4 boards so far. 14 players have found it across Outlier's history.

Day 1Day 161
Its 4 boards, across 161 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
4
Boards found on
76
First board
159
Latest board
42
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 76, 4 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 159, 26 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.

First ever to find it

momof3

on Day 76, 4 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

SLOPPY
6
Letters
1
Vowels
5
Consonants
5
Different letters
3
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

SLOPPY starts with S and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read LOPPSY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. P appears more than once, including a double letter.

Same letters, different word

One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.

Could you have found SLOPPY?

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 76 - and most players walked straight past it.

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