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SPARTANS
Definition of SPARTANS
Wiktionary has no entry for SPARTANS itself. This is its base word, SPARTAN.
adjective
Austere, frugal, characterized by self-denial.
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Where it comes from
The origin recorded for SPARTAN.
By analogy with the ancient Spartans, who famously possessed these qualities.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, SPARTAN · 1 relative 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.
SPARTANS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 162, 29 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 14 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 162, 29 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
SPARTANS starts with S and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AANPRSST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. S and A appear more than once.
Could you have found SPARTANS?
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 162 - and most players walked straight past it.
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