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ESPARTO
Definition of ESPARTO
noun
Either of two species of perennial grasses used for fibre production, and for making paper: Stipa tenacissima, of North Africa.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Spanish esparto, via Latin spartum from Ancient Greek σπάρτον (spárton, “rope, cable; esparto or halfah grass”), valued for its high tensile strength, used for cords and wicker, and exported by Spanish Greek colonies throughout the Mediterranian.
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.
ESPARTO in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 108, 5 September 2026. The most recent board was Day 121, 18 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 108, 5 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
ESPARTO starts with E and ends with O. Sorted, its letters read AEOPRST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
2 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start ESPART
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found ESPARTO?
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 108 - and most players walked straight past it.
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