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SPHEROID
Definition of SPHEROID
adjective
Of a shape similar to a squashed sphere.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From sphere + -oid.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
SPHEROID in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 56 boards so far. 151 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 7, 28 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 147, 14 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First found by a player on Day 7, 28 May 2026.
Built from these letters
SPHEROID starts with S and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read DEHIOPRS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start SPHERO
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 7
Could you have found SPHEROID?
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 7 - and most players walked straight past it.
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