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SPARGER
Definition of SPARGER
noun
A vessel with a perforated cover for sprinkling a liquid, especially in brewing.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From sparge + -er or equivalent. Compare French asperger (“to sprinkle”), Latin aspergere, spargere.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, SPARGE · 3 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names French, Latin.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
SPARGER in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 151, 18 October 2026. The most recent board was Day 152, 19 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 15 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 151, 18 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
SPARGER starts with S and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read AEGPRRS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. R appears more than once.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start SPARGE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found SPARGER?
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 151 - and most players walked straight past it.
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