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SPHACELATE
Definition of SPHACELATE
verb
To affect with gangrene, cause to gangrene, mortify.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From sphacel (“gangrene”) + -ate (verb-forming suffix).
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.
SPHACELATE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 74, 2 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 112, 9 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 7 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 74, 2 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
SPHACELATE starts with S and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read AACEEHLPST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A and E appear more than once.
Words that start SPHACE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found SPHACELATE?
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 74 - and most players walked straight past it.
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