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SPECULATORY
Definition of SPECULATORY
adjective
Intended or adapted for viewing or looking out.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Latin speculātōrius (“of or pertaining to spies or scouts”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
SPECULATORY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 8 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 14, 3 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 106, 3 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 14, 3 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
SPECULATORY starts with S and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read ACELOPRSTUY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start SPECULA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 14
Could you have found SPECULATORY?
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 14 - and most players walked straight past it.
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