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SPAWLED
Definition of SPAWLED
verb
simple past and past participle of spawl
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Word DNA
SPAWLED inherits its ancestry from its root, SPAWL.
How it is built
Same root, SPAWL · 3 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.
SPAWLED in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 6 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 55, 14 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 162, 29 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 4 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 55, 14 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
SPAWLED starts with S and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read ADELPSW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Also seen on Day 55
Could you have found SPAWLED?
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 55 - and most players walked straight past it.
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