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SPIRAEA
Definition of SPIRAEA
noun
Alternative form of spirea.
noun
Any of the many flowering shrubs of the genus Spiraea, that have clusters of white or pink flowers.
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Word DNA
SPIRAEA inherits its ancestry from its root, SPIREA.
Line of descent
- Ancient Greek
- Latin
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
3rd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
12.4%
of traced words share this origin (10,240)
branch · 12.4% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, SPIREA · 2 relatives 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.
SPIRAEA in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 7 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 70, 29 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 163, 30 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.
First found by a player on Day 70, 29 July 2026.
Also on
Built from these letters
SPIRAEA starts with S and ends with A. Sorted, its letters read AAEIPRS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Words that start SPIRAE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
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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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