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SPERMATIC
Definition of SPERMATIC
adjective
Of, pertaining to, or resembling sperm.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English spermatik, from Latin spermaticus, from Ancient Greek σπερματικός (spermatikós). By surface analysis, spermat- + -ic.
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.
SPERMATIC in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 41, 30 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 89, 17 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 6 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 41, 30 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
SPERMATIC starts with S and ends with C. Sorted, its letters read ACEIMPRST - 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 SPERMA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found SPERMATIC?
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 41 - and most players walked straight past it.
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