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SPIRALLED
Definition of SPIRALLED
verb
simple past and past participle 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.
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Word DNA
SPIRALLED inherits its ancestry from its root, SPIRAL.
Line of descent
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
3rd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
12.4%
of traced words share this origin (10,357)
branch · 12.4% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, SPIRAL · 7 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.
SPIRALLED in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 161, 28 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 9 days.
First found by a player on Day 161, 28 October 2026.
Built from these letters
SPIRALLED starts with S and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read ADEILLPRS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. L appears more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start SPIRAL
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 161 - and most players walked straight past it.
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