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SPLEENWORT
Definition of SPLEENWORT
noun
Any of a number of types of ferns in the genus Asplenium.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From spleen + wort, from their use as a cure for anthrax in livestock. Cf. asplenium.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
SPLEENWORT in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 15 boards so far. 15 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 68, 27 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 144, 11 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 68, 27 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
SPLEENWORT starts with S and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read EELNOPRSTW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start SPLEEN
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found SPLEENWORT?
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 68 - and most players walked straight past it.
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