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SLUR
Definition of SLUR
noun
An insult or slight, especially one that is muttered incoherently under one's breath. An extremely derogatory term targeted at a group of people (such as an ethnicity, sexual orientation, etc.).
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English sloor (“thin or fluid mud”). The ultimate origin is uncertain, but perhaps related to a group of words derived from Proto-Germanic *slūm- (“loose, slack, flabby”), such as slumber. Cognate with Middle Low German sluren (“to trail in mud”). Also related to dialectal Norwegian sløra (“to be careless, to scamp, dawdle”), Danish sløre (“to wobble, be loose”) (especially for wheels); compare Old Norse slóðra (“to drag oneself along”).
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.
SLUR in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 14 boards so far. 31 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 23, 12 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 109, 6 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 23, 12 June 2026.
Built from these letters
SLUR starts with S and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read LRSU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start SLUR
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 23
Could you have found SLUR?
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 23 - and most players walked straight past it.
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