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SPLODGY
Definition of SPLODGY
adjective
Having the form of a splodge; marked with splotches, thick collections or marks of liquid.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From splodge + -y.
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.
SPLODGY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 5 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 36, 25 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 109, 6 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First found by a player on Day 36, 25 June 2026.
Built from these letters
SPLODGY starts with S and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read DGLOPSY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start SPLODG
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 36
Could you have found SPLODGY?
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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