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SPEARING
Definition of SPEARING
verb
present participle and gerund of spear
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OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
SPEARING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 8 boards so far. 12 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 16, 5 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 100, 28 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First found by a player on Day 16, 5 June 2026.
Built from these letters
SPEARING starts with S and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read AEGINPRS - 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.
Words that start SPEARI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 16
Could you have found SPEARING?
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 16 - and most players walked straight past it.
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