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SPADELIKE

9 letters

Definition of SPADELIKE

adjective

Resembling or characteristic of a spade.

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

From spade + -like.

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

Rarity score
Withheld
Revealed only in play
Tier
Withheld
Find it yourself

OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

SPADELIKE in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 5 boards so far.

Day 1Day 102
Its 5 boards, across 102 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
5
Boards found on
60
First board
102
Latest board
19
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 60, 19 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 102, 30 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.

First ever to find it

dinguus

on Day 60, 19 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

SPADELIKE
9
Letters
4
Vowels
5
Consonants
8
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

SPADELIKE starts with S and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read ADEEIKLPS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.

Could you have found SPADELIKE?

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 60 - and most players walked straight past it.

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