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SPLODGE
Definition of SPLODGE
noun
An irregular-shaped splash, smear, or patch.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Probably a variation of splotch.
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.
SPLODGE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 11 boards so far. 16 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 55, 14 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 100, 28 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 11 days.
First found by a player on Day 55, 14 July 2026.
Built from these letters
SPLODGE starts with S and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read DEGLOPS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start SPLODG
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 55
Could you have found SPLODGE?
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 55 - and most players walked straight past it.
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