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SLUGGISH

/ˈslʌɡɪʃ/8 letters

Definition of SLUGGISH

adjective

Habitually idle and lazy; slothful; dull; inactive

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

From slug + -ish.

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

Rarity score
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Revealed only in play
Tier
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OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

SLUGGISH in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 1 board so far.

Day 1Day 109
Its one board, across 109 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
1
Boards found on
76
First board
33
Days since seen

It first turned up on Day 76, 4 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 33 days.

First ever to find it

grimportents

on Day 76, 4 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

SLUGGISH
8
Letters
2
Vowels
6
Consonants
6
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

SLUGGISH starts with S and ends with H. Sorted, its letters read GGHILSSU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. S and G appear more than once, including a double letter.

Words that start SLUGGI

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

SLUGGINGSLUGGISHLYSLUGGISHNESSSLUGGISHNESSES

Could you have found SLUGGISH?

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 76 - and most players walked straight past it.

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