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MARLINESPIKE
Definition of MARLINESPIKE
noun
Alternative spelling of marlinspike.
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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.
MARLINESPIKE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 108, 5 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 12 days.
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
MARLINESPIKE starts with M and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read AEEIIKLMNPRS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I and E appear more than once.
Words that start MARLINES
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found MARLINESPIKE?
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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