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SPINA
Definition of SPINA
noun
A spine; the backbone.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Unadapted borrowing from Latin spīna (“a thorn; a prickle, spine”). Doublet of spine.
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.
SPINA in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 4 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 70, 29 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 102, 30 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 7 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 70, 29 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
SPINA starts with S and ends with A. Sorted, its letters read AINPS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
5 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start SPINA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found SPINA?
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 70 - and most players walked straight past it.
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