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SPHINCTERAL
Definition of SPHINCTERAL
adjective
Of or pertaining to the sphincter.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From sphincter + -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.
SPHINCTERAL in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 91, 19 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 93, 21 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 9 days.
First found by a player on Day 91, 19 August 2026.
Built from these letters
SPHINCTERAL starts with S and ends with L. Sorted, its letters read ACEHILNPRST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start SPHINCT
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found SPHINCTERAL?
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 91 - and most players walked straight past it.
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