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SPANDRILS
Definition of SPANDRILS
noun
plural of spandril
SPANDREL · via spandril
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.
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Word DNA
SPANDRILS inherits its ancestry from its root, SPANDREL.
Line of descent
- Old French
- Anglo-Norman
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
9th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
2.9%
of traced words share this origin (2,470)
branch · 12.8% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, SPANDREL · 3 relatives in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
SPANDRILS 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 9 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
SPANDRILS starts with S and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ADILNPRSS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. S appears more than once.
Words that start SPANDR
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found SPANDRILS?
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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