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SPECTER
Definition of SPECTER
noun
A ghostly apparition, a phantom.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle French spectre, from Latin spectrum (“appearance, apparition”). Doublet of spectrum.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Latin
- Middle French
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
30.6%
of traced words share this origin (24,726)
branch · 30.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, SPECT · 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.
SPECTER in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 28 boards so far. 32 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 36, 25 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 159, 26 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First found by a player on Day 36, 25 June 2026.
Built from these letters
SPECTER starts with S and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read CEEPRST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Same letters, different word
5 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start SPECTE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 36
Could you have found SPECTER?
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 36 - and most players walked straight past it.
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