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SPATTER
Definition of SPATTER
verb
To splash (someone or something) with small droplets.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Probably from Middle Low German or Dutch spatten (“to spout, burst”) + -er (frequentative suffix). Related to spit (“saliva”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Dutch
- Middle Low German
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
15th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
0.8%
of traced words share this origin (251)
branch · 22.3% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, SPATTER · 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.
SPATTER in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 138, 5 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 16 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 138, 5 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
SPATTER starts with S and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read AEPRSTT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. T appears more than once, including a double letter.
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 SPATTE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found SPATTER?
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 138 - and most players walked straight past it.
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