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SPACKLE
Definition of SPACKLE
noun
Any powder (originally containing gypsum plaster and glue) that when mixed with water forms a plastic paste, which is used to fill cracks and holes in plaster.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Spackle, originally a brand name, perhaps based on German Spachtel which is ultimately from Latin spatula. Doublet of spatula.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
30.7%
of traced words share this origin (23,981)
branch · 30.7% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, SPACKLE · 3 relatives in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
SPACKLE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 28 boards so far. 64 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 7, 28 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 156, 23 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First found by a player on Day 7, 28 May 2026.
Built from these letters
SPACKLE starts with S and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read ACEKLPS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start SPACKL
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 7
Could you have found SPACKLE?
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 7 - and most players walked straight past it.
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