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SPECULA
Definition of SPECULA
noun
plural of speculum
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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.
SPECULA in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 11 boards so far. 16 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 53, 12 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 98, 26 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 53, 12 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
SPECULA starts with S and ends with A. Sorted, its letters read ACELPSU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
3 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start SPECUL
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 53
Could you have found SPECULA?
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 53 - and most players walked straight past it.
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