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SPANDREL
Definition of SPANDREL
noun
The space (often more or less triangular) between the outer curve of an arch (the extrados) and a straight-sided figure that bounds it; the space between two contiguous arches and a straight feature above them.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From a diminutive in -el of Anglo-Norman spaundre, of uncertain origin, perhaps from Old French espandre (“to expand, extend, spread”). More at spawn, expand. In the field of biology first used by Stephen Jay Gould and Richard Lewontin.
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.
SPANDREL in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 26 boards so far. 31 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 33, 22 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 100, 28 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 33, 22 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
SPANDREL starts with S and ends with L. Sorted, its letters read ADELNPRS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start SPANDR
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 33
Could you have found SPANDREL?
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 33 - and most players walked straight past it.
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