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SLOUGHY
Definition of SLOUGHY
adjective
Having the characteristics of a wetland; marshy.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From slough (“marshy area”) + -y.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
SLOUGHY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 17 boards so far. 22 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 46, 5 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 102, 30 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 46, 5 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
SLOUGHY starts with S and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read GHLOSUY - 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.
Also seen on Day 46
Could you have found SLOUGHY?
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 46 - and most players walked straight past it.
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