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SPLINT
Definition of SPLINT
noun
A narrow strip of wood split or peeled from a larger piece. A splinter caught in the skin.
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Where it comes from
From Middle English splint, splent, splente, from Middle Low German splinte, splente or Middle Dutch splint, splinte. Cognate with Old High German splinza (“bar, bolt, latch”). All ultimately from Proto-Germanic *splintǭ, *splintō (“piece of wood, splinter”), from Proto-Germanic *splint-, *splind- (“to split”), from a nasalized form of *splītaną (“to split”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)pley- (“to split, splice”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
19th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
0.6%
of traced words share this origin (449)
branch · 22.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, SPLINT · 9 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Proto-Germanic, Proto-Indo-European.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
SPLINT in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 15 boards so far. 17 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 7, 28 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 136, 3 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 19 days.
First found by a player on Day 7, 28 May 2026.
Built from these letters
SPLINT starts with S and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read ILNPST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start SPLINT
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 7
Could you have found SPLINT?
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 7 - and most players walked straight past it.
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