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SPICULA
Definition of SPICULA
noun
plural of spiculum
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Latin spīcula.
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.
SPICULA in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 7, 28 May 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 104 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 7, 28 May 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
SPICULA starts with S and ends with A. Sorted, its letters read ACILPSU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start SPICUL
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 7
Could you have found SPICULA?
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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