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SLUGHORNE
Definition of SLUGHORNE
noun
Obsolete spelling of slogan (“a battle cry among the ancient Irish or highlanders of Scotland”).
noun
A distinctive phrase of a person or group of people (such as a movement or political party); a motto.
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Word DNA
SLUGHORNE inherits its ancestry from its root, SLOGAN.
Line of descent
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
2nd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
14.2%
of traced words share this origin (11,506)
How it is built
Same root, SLOGAN · 8 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Latin, Old English.
Every Proto-Indo-European word → · The Word DNA of OUTLIER →
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
SLUGHORNE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 150, 17 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 12 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 150, 17 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
SLUGHORNE starts with S and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read EGHLNORSU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start SLUGHO
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
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