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SLUDGY
Definition of SLUDGY
adjective
Characteristic of sludge; slimy or mucky
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Other senses
SLUDGY carries 2 further meanings.
Figuratively, slushy; mushy; sickening; as if made of sludge or refuse.
Consisting of sludge; miry; slushy.
Where it comes from
From sludge + -y.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
SLUDGY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 28 boards so far. 84 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 19, 8 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 152, 19 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 19, 8 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
SLUDGY starts with S and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read DGLSUY - 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 SLUDGY. Not interchangeable at the board - the grid decides that - but close in meaning.
Also seen on Day 19
Could you have found SLUDGY?
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 19 - and most players walked straight past it.
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