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SPLENETIC
Definition of SPLENETIC
adjective
Bad-tempered, irritable, peevish, spiteful, habitually angry.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
The adjective form of spleen, borrowed from Late Latin spleneticus, from Latin splen. Anger was traditionally believed to originate from the fluids of the spleen.
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.
SPLENETIC in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 17 boards so far. 27 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 36, 25 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 106, 3 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.
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
SPLENETIC starts with S and ends with C. Sorted, its letters read CEEILNPST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Words that start SPLENE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 36
Could you have found SPLENETIC?
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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