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SPIGOT
Definition of SPIGOT
noun
A pin or peg used to stop the vent in a cask.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English spigot (“wooden stopper”). Probably ultimately from Latin spīca via Old Occitan espiga and Middle French espigeot.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
4 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
13th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
1.1%
of traced words share this origin (336)
branch · 15.4% of traced words
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.
SPIGOT in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 68 boards so far. 297 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 7, 28 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 150, 17 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 7, 28 May 2026.
Built from these letters
SPIGOT starts with S and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read GIOPST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start SPIGOT
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 7
Could you have found SPIGOT?
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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