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SPIRULINA
Definition of SPIRULINA
noun
A food supplement prepared from blue-green algae of the genus Arthrospira found in soda lakes.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From the genus name Spirulina.
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.
SPIRULINA in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 20 boards so far. 34 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 36, 25 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 102, 30 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 36, 25 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
SPIRULINA starts with S and ends with A. Sorted, its letters read AIILNPRSU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I appears more than once.
Words that start SPIRUL
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 36
Could you have found SPIRULINA?
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 36 - and most players walked straight past it.
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