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SPANGLED
Definition of SPANGLED
verb
simple past and past participle of spangle
noun
A small, flat piece of sparkling metallic or metal-like material with a hole which is sewn on to a garment, etc., for decoration; a sequin.
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Word DNA
SPANGLED inherits its ancestry from its root, SPANGLE.
Line of descent
5 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
2nd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
14.4%
of traced words share this origin (11,201)
How it is built
Same root, SPANGLE · 4 relatives in the game
Every Proto-Indo-European word → · The Word DNA of OUTLIER →
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
SPANGLED in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 51 boards so far. 85 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 24, 13 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 157, 24 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 24, 13 June 2026.
Built from these letters
SPANGLED starts with S and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read ADEGLNPS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start SPANGL
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 24
Could you have found SPANGLED?
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 24 - and most players walked straight past it.
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