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SPAREST
Definition of SPAREST
adjective
superlative form of spare: most spare
adjective
Extra. Being more than what is necessary, or what must be used or reserved; not wanted, or not used; superfluous.
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Where it comes from
From spare + -est.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, SPAR · 5 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.
SPAREST in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 140, 7 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 140, 7 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
SPAREST starts with S and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read AEPRSST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. S appears more than once.
Same letters, different word
2 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start SPARES
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found SPAREST?
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 140 - and most players walked straight past it.
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