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SPADEWORK
Definition of SPADEWORK
noun
Work done by digging with a spade.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From spade + work.
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.
SPADEWORK in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 84, 12 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 94, 22 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 26 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 84, 12 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
SPADEWORK starts with S and ends with K. Sorted, its letters read ADEKOPRSW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start SPADEW
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found SPADEWORK?
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 84 - and most players walked straight past it.
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