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SPINNEY
Definition of SPINNEY
noun
A small copse or wood, especially one planted as a shelter for game birds.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English spenné, from Middle French espinoye (“thorny thicket”), espinaye, from Latin spīnētum (“thorny thicket”), from Latin spīna (“thorn”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
30.6%
of traced words share this origin (25,378)
branch · 30.6% 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.
SPINNEY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 132, 29 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 35 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 132, 29 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
SPINNEY starts with S and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read EINNPSY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. N appears more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start SPINNE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found SPINNEY?
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 132 - and most players walked straight past it.
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