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SPELT
Definition of SPELT
verb
simple past and past participle of spell
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Where it comes from
From Late Middle English spelde (past tense) and spelled, ispeled, ispelled (past participles). The past tense reflects an early Middle English syncopation of spellede, while the past participle remained largely disyllabic until the general Early Modern English reduction of the -ed suffix. In both cases, once the medial vowel was lost, the final alveolar stop underwent phonetic devoicing after the sonorant /l/, resulting in the modern -t spelling. Compare dwelt, felt, and smelt. By surface analysis, spell + -t.
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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.
SPELT in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 34 boards so far. 79 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 14, 3 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 110, 7 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
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
SPELT starts with S and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read ELPST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
2 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start SPELT
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 14
Could you have found SPELT?
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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