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SLOWER

/ˈsləʊə/6 letters

Definition of SLOWER

adjective

comparative form of slow: more slow

SLOW

adjective

Taking a long time to move or go a short distance, or to perform an action; not quick in motion; proceeding at a low speed.

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Word DNA

SLOWER inherits its ancestry from its root, SLOW.

Line of descent

  1. Proto-Indo-European
  2. Proto-Germanic
  3. Old English
  4. Middle English
  5. English

4 recorded generations before English.

Proto-Indo-European

Deepest traced root

2nd

of 59 source languages in OUTLIER

14.2%

of traced words share this origin (12,281)

How it is built

adjective1 syllable

Same root, SLOW · 6 relatives in the game

Its etymology also names Danish, Dutch, Icelandic, Norwegian, Swedish.

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Rarity score
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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.

SLOWER in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 10 boards so far. 38 players have found it across Outlier's history.

Day 1Day 178
Its 10 boards, across 178 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
10
Boards found on
26
First board
139
Latest board
39
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 26, 15 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 139, 6 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 39 days.

First found by a player on Day 26, 15 June 2026.

Built from these letters

SLOWER
6
Letters
2
Vowels
4
Consonants
6
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

SLOWER starts with S and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read ELORSW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.

Same letters, different word

5 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.

Could you have found SLOWER?

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 26 - and most players walked straight past it.

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