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SPERMATHECA
Definition of SPERMATHECA
noun
A small sac within the reproductive tract of some female invertebrates, such as insects, which stores sperm until it is used to fertilize the ova.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From sperma- + theca.
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.
SPERMATHECA in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 104, 1 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 16 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 104, 1 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
SPERMATHECA starts with S and ends with A. Sorted, its letters read AACEEHMPRST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E and A appear more than once.
Words that start SPERMAT
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found SPERMATHECA?
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 104 - and most players walked straight past it.
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