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SPIKING
Definition of SPIKING
adjective
spiky
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Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, SPIK · 1 relative in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
SPIKING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 12 boards so far. 15 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 8, 29 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 147, 14 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 11 days.
First found by a player on Day 8, 29 May 2026.
Built from these letters
SPIKING starts with S and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read GIIKNPS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I appears more than once.
Same letters, different word
2 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start SPIKIN
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 8
Could you have found SPIKING?
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 8 - and most players walked straight past it.
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