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SPODES
Definition of SPODES
Wiktionary has no entry for SPODES itself. This is its base word, SPOD.
noun
One who uses talkers, an early form of chat room.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
The origin recorded for SPOD.
Origin unknown; possibly related to English spud, in the sense of a potato.
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.
SPODES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 76, 4 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 33 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 76, 4 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
SPODES starts with S and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read DEOPSS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. S appears more than once.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Could you have found SPODES?
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 76 - and most players walked straight past it.
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