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SPLOTCHY
Definition of SPLOTCHY
adjective
Marked or covered with large, irregular spots.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From an alteration (due to splotch) of Middle English splotty, equivalent to splotch + -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.
SPLOTCHY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 4 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 41, 30 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 102, 30 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 98, 26 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
SPLOTCHY starts with S and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read CHLOPSTY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start SPLOTC
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 41
Could you have found SPLOTCHY?
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 41 - and most players walked straight past it.
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