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SPAULDER
Definition of SPAULDER
noun
A piece of plate armour that protects one's shoulder, generally covering less than the pauldron which developed later.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Probably from Middle English spaulde (“shoulder”), from Anglo-Norman espalde, Old French espaule (ultimately from Latin spatula), + English -er. However, compare spallière, ultimately from the same Latin source.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
SPAULDER in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 120, 17 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 120, 17 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
SPAULDER starts with S and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read ADELPRSU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Could you have found SPAULDER?
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 120 - and most players walked straight past it.
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