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SPLATCHING
Definition of SPLATCHING
verb
present participle and gerund of splatch
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Word DNA
SPLATCHING inherits its ancestry from its root, SPLATCH.
How it is built
Same root, SPLATCH · 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.
SPLATCHING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 10 boards so far. 32 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 80, 8 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 144, 11 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.
First found by a player on Day 80, 8 August 2026.
Built from these letters
SPLATCHING starts with S and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read ACGHILNPST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start SPLATC
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found SPLATCHING?
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 80 - and most players walked straight past it.
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