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SPECIOUS
Definition of SPECIOUS
adjective
Seemingly well-reasoned, plausible or true, but actually fallacious.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English speciose, specious, from Anglo-Norman specious, Middle French specieux, and their etymon Latin speciōsus (“good-looking”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
4 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
30.6%
of traced words share this origin (25,170)
branch · 30.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, SPECIOUS · 1 relative 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.
SPECIOUS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far. 48 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 118, 15 September 2026. The most recent board was Day 162, 29 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 118, 15 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
SPECIOUS starts with S and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read CEIOPSSU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. S appears more than once.
Words that start SPECIO
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found SPECIOUS?
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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