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SPARTHE
Definition of SPARTHE
noun
Alternative form of sparth (“battle-axe”).
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Word DNA
SPARTHE inherits its ancestry from its root, SPARTH.
Line of descent
- Old Norse
- Middle English
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
14th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
1%
of traced words share this origin (819)
branch · 22.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, SPARTH · 2 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.
SPARTHE 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 22 days.
Built from these letters
SPARTHE starts with S and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read AEHPRST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
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 SPARTH
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found SPARTHE?
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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