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SLOVEN
Definition of SLOVEN
noun
A habitually dirty or untidy man or boy; the male equivalent of slattern, or slut.
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Other senses
SLOVEN carries 4 further meanings.
noun
One who is habitually careless in personal appearance or work.
noun
A person who is careless of dress or negligent of cleanliness; a person who is habitually negligent of neatness and order; also, a careless and lazy person.
noun
A knave; a rascal.
noun
Same as Slovene.
Where it comes from
From Middle English sloveyn, from Middle Flemish sloovin (“a scold”). Related to Middle Dutch sloef (“untidy, shabby”), from Proto-Germanic *slup- + Old French -ain, from Latin -ānus.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Middle English
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
4th
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
7.6%
of traced words share this origin (2,182)
branch · 22.4% of traced words
How it is built
Its etymology also names Latin, Middle Dutch, Old French, Proto-Germanic.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
SLOVEN in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 76 boards so far. 453 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 18, 7 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 142, 9 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 18, 7 June 2026.
Built from these letters
SLOVEN starts with S and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read ELNOSV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that mean much the same
Near-synonyms of SLOVEN. Not interchangeable at the board - the grid decides that - but close in meaning.
Same letters, different word
2 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start SLOVEN
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 18
Could you have found SLOVEN?
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