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SLOUGHED
Definition of SLOUGHED
verb
simple past and past participle of slough
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Another sense
SLOUGHED carries a second meaning.
verb
Simple past tense and past participle of slough.
SLOUGHED in a sentence
“Daniel Ortel had caught a catfish like that before evacuating with the National Guard, and when Daniel touched it, the fish’s skin sloughed off like pudding.”
Deluge: The Conqueror Worms II (Chapter 5) – Brian Keene, 2008
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
SLOUGHED in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 55 boards so far. 243 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 17, 6 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 102, 30 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 17, 6 June 2026.
Built from these letters
SLOUGHED starts with S and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read DEGHLOSU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start SLOUGH
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found SLOUGHED?
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 17 - and most players walked straight past it.
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