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SPIRAL
Definition of SPIRAL
noun
A curve that is the locus of a point that rotates about a fixed point while continuously increasing its distance from that point.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle French spirale, from Medieval Latin spiralis, from Latin spīra, from Ancient Greek σπεῖρα (speîra, “wreath, coil, twist”).
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.
SPIRAL in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 21 boards so far. 33 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 7, 28 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 96, 24 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 6 days.
First found by a player on Day 7, 28 May 2026.
Built from these letters
SPIRAL starts with S and ends with L. Sorted, its letters read AILPRS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start SPIRAL
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 7
Could you have found SPIRAL?
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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