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SPLINTERED
Definition of SPLINTERED
verb
simple past and past participle of splinter
noun
A long, sharp fragment of material, often wood. A small such fragment that gets embedded in the flesh.
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Word DNA
SPLINTERED inherits its ancestry from its root, SPLINTER.
Line of descent
- Middle Dutch
- Middle English
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
26th
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
0.4%
of traced words share this origin (107)
branch · 22.3% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, SPLINTER · 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.
SPLINTERED in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 29 boards so far. 40 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 27, 16 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 144, 11 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 5 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 27, 16 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
SPLINTERED starts with S and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read DEEILNPRST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Words that start SPLINT
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 27
Could you have found SPLINTERED?
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 27 - and most players walked straight past it.
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