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SPANGLY
Definition of SPANGLY
adjective
Decorated with spangles; sparkly.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From spangle + -y.
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.
SPANGLY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 14 boards so far. 21 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 36, 25 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 98, 26 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 36, 25 June 2026.
Built from these letters
SPANGLY starts with S and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read AGLNPSY - 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 36
Could you have found SPANGLY?
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 36 - and most players walked straight past it.
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