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SPATULE
Definition of SPATULE
noun
A spatulate formation.
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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.
SPATULE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 4 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 36, 25 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 120, 17 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 24 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 36, 25 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
SPATULE starts with S and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read AELPSTU - 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 SPATUL
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 36
Could you have found SPATULE?
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 36 - and most players walked straight past it.
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