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SPAE
Definition of SPAE
verb
To divine; foretell.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Scots spae.
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.
SPAE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 10 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 28, 17 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 88, 16 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 21 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 28, 17 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
SPAE starts with S and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read AEPS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
4 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start SPAE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 28
Could you have found SPAE?
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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