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SPARKLY
Definition of SPARKLY
adjective
Giving off sparks, or small flashes of light; glittery
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From sparkle + -y.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
SPARKLY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 16 boards so far. 22 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 9, 29 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 122, 19 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 21 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 9, 29 May 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
SPARKLY starts with S and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read AKLPRSY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start SPARKL
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 9
Could you have found SPARKLY?
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 9 - and most players walked straight past it.
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