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SLUICEWAY
Definition of SLUICEWAY
noun
A man-made channel designed to redirect excess water.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From sluice + way.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
SLUICEWAY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 12 boards so far. 13 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 35, 24 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 102, 30 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 35, 24 June 2026.
Built from these letters
SLUICEWAY starts with S and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read ACEILSUWY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start SLUICE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 35
Could you have found SLUICEWAY?
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 35 - and most players walked straight past it.
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