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SPALLATION
Definition of SPALLATION
noun
Fragmentation due to stress or impact, or any pattern of surface damage created thereby.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From spall + -ation.
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.
SPALLATION in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 110, 7 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First found by a player on Day 110, 7 September 2026.
Built from these letters
SPALLATION starts with S and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read AAILLNOPST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A and L appear more than once, including a double letter.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start SPALLA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found SPALLATION?
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 110 - and most players walked straight past it.
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