The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
SPICULES
Definition of SPICULES
noun
plural of spicule
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OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
SPICULES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 118, 15 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First ever to find it
on Day 118, 15 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
SPICULES starts with S and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read CEILPSSU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. S appears more than once.
Words that start SPICUL
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found SPICULES?
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 118 - and most players walked straight past it.
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