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SPERMICIDAL
Definition of SPERMICIDAL
adjective
Having the ability to kill sperm.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From spermicide + -al.
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.
SPERMICIDAL in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 14 boards so far. 21 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 15, 4 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 108, 5 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First ever to find it
on Day 15, 4 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
SPERMICIDAL starts with S and ends with L. Sorted, its letters read ACDEIILMPRS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I appears more than once.
Words that start SPERMIC
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 15
Could you have found SPERMICIDAL?
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 15 - and most players walked straight past it.
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