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SPECULUM
Definition of SPECULUM
noun
A medical instrument used during an examination to dilate an orifice.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Learned borrowing from Latin speculum.
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.
SPECULUM in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 12 boards so far. 37 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 29, 18 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 98, 26 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.
First found by a player on Day 29, 18 June 2026.
Built from these letters
SPECULUM starts with S and ends with M. Sorted, its letters read CELMPSUU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. U appears more than once.
Words that start SPECUL
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 29
Could you have found SPECULUM?
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 29 - and most players walked straight past it.
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