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SPECKLED

/ˈspɛkəld/8 letters

Definition of SPECKLED

adjective

Marked with dots or spots, spotted.

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Word DNA

SPECKLED inherits its ancestry from its root, SPECKLE.

Line of descent

  1. Middle Dutch
  2. English

One recorded step before English.

Middle Dutch

Deepest traced root

26th

of 59 source languages in OUTLIER

0.4%

of traced words share this origin (109)

Germanic

branch · 22.3% of traced words

How it is built

adjective2 syllables

Same root, SPECKLE · 2 relatives in the game

Every Middle Dutch word → · The Word DNA of OUTLIER →

Rarity score
Withheld
Revealed only in play
Tier
Withheld
Find it yourself

OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

SPECKLED in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 21 boards so far. 39 players have found it across Outlier's history.

Day 1Day 151
Its 21 boards, across 151 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
21
Boards found on
8
First board
149
Latest board
20
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 8, 29 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 149, 16 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.

First found by a player on Day 8, 29 May 2026.

Built from these letters

SPECKLED
8
Letters
2
Vowels
6
Consonants
7
Different letters
3
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

SPECKLED starts with S and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read CDEEKLPS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.

Words that start SPECKL

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

SPECKLESPECKLYSPECKLESSPECKLESSSPECKLING

Could you have found SPECKLED?

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 8 - and most players walked straight past it.

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