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SPECIES

/ˈspiːʃiːz/7 letters

Definition of SPECIES

noun

A type or kind.

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

From Latin speciēs (“appearance; quality”), from speciō (“see”) + -iēs suffix signifying abstract noun. Doublet of spice.

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

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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.

SPECIES in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 1 board so far.

Day 1Day 121
Its one board, across 121 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
1
Boards found on
118
First board
3
Days since seen

It first turned up on Day 118, 15 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.

First ever to find it

kritzeh

on Day 118, 15 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

SPECIES
7
Letters
3
Vowels
4
Consonants
5
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
2
Longest vowel run

SPECIES starts with S and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read CEEIPSS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. S and E appear more than once.

Words that start SPECIE

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

SPECIESPECIESISMSPECIESISTSPECIESISMSSPECIESISTS

Could you have found SPECIES?

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 118 - and most players walked straight past it.

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