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SPACE
Definition of SPACE
noun
Unlimited or generalized extent, physical or otherwise. The distance between objects.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English space, from Anglo-Norman space, variant of espace, espas, et al.; and spaze, variant of espace, from Latin spatium, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)peh₂- (“to stretch, to pull”). Partially displaced native Old English rum, whence Modern English room.
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.
SPACE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 8 boards so far. 10 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 28, 17 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 80, 8 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 29 days.
First found by a player on Day 28, 17 June 2026.
Built from these letters
SPACE starts with S and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read ACEPS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
3 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start SPACE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 28
Could you have found SPACE?
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 28 - and most players walked straight past it.
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