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SPANNED
Definition of SPANNED
verb
simple past and past participle of span
noun
The full width of an open hand from the end of the thumb to the end of the little finger used as an informal unit of length.
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Word DNA
SPANNED inherits its ancestry from its root, SPAN.
Line of descent
4 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
2nd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
14.2%
of traced words share this origin (12,281)
How it is built
Same root, SPAN · 3 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Dutch.
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.
SPANNED in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 172, 8 November 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 5 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 172, 8 November 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
SPANNED starts with S and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read ADENNPS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. N appears more than once, including a double letter.
Could you have found SPANNED?
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 172 - and most players walked straight past it.
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