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SPOLIATING
Definition of SPOLIATING
verb
present participle and gerund of spoliate
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Word DNA
SPOLIATING inherits its ancestry from its root, SPOLIATE.
Line of descent
- Latin
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
33%
of traced words share this origin (9,487)
branch · 33% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, SPOLIATE · 2 relatives 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.
SPOLIATING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 8 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 85, 13 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 123, 20 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 21 days.
First found by a player on Day 85, 13 August 2026.
Built from these letters
SPOLIATING starts with S and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read AGIILNOPST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I appears more than once.
Words that start SPOLIA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found SPOLIATING?
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 85 - and most players walked straight past it.
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