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SPADICEOUS
Definition of SPADICEOUS
adjective
Of a bright clear brown or chestnut colour.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Latin spadix, spadicis (“a date-brown or nut-brown color”). See spadix.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Latin
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
30.7%
of traced words share this origin (26,318)
branch · 30.7% of traced words
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
SPADICEOUS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 162, 29 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 13 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 162, 29 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
SPADICEOUS starts with S and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ACDEIOPSSU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. S appears more than once.
Words that start SPADIC
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found SPADICEOUS?
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 162 - and most players walked straight past it.
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