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SPALTING
Definition of SPALTING
noun
Any coloration of wood, either living or dead, by fungi, which is considered visually or texturally appealing. Biochemical responses by the tree are not included within the scope of spalting.
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OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
SPALTING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 11 boards so far. 12 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 60, 19 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 97, 25 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 60, 19 July 2026.
Built from these letters
SPALTING starts with S and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read AGILNPST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
2 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Also seen on Day 60
Could you have found SPALTING?
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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