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SPLENII
Definition of SPLENII
noun
plural of splenius
SPLENIUS
noun
Either of two flat oblique muscles which are attached to the vertebrae on each side of the neck and upper thoracic region and which draw back the head.
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Word DNA
SPLENII inherits its ancestry from its root, SPLENIUS.
Line of descent
- Latin
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
30.6%
of traced words share this origin (25,330)
branch · 30.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, SPLENIUS · 1 relative 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.
SPLENII in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 5 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 68, 27 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 161, 28 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 5 days.
First found by a player on Day 68, 27 July 2026.
Built from these letters
SPLENII starts with S and ends with I. Sorted, its letters read EIILNPS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I appears more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start SPLENI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found SPLENII?
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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