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SPHERIFY
Definition of SPHERIFY
verb
To make spherical.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From sphere + -ify.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, SPHERE · 18 relatives in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
SPHERIFY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 158, 25 October 2026. The most recent board was Day 162, 29 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 7 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 158, 25 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
SPHERIFY starts with S and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read EFHIPRSY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start SPHERI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found SPHERIFY?
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 158 - and most players walked straight past it.
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