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SPOLIATOR
Definition of SPOLIATOR
noun
One who spoliates.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From spoliate + -or.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, SPOLIATE · 3 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.
SPOLIATOR in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 7 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 100, 28 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 158, 25 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 8 days.
First found by a player on Day 100, 28 August 2026.
Also on
Built from these letters
SPOLIATOR starts with S and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read AILOOPRST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O 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.
Words that start SPOLIA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found SPOLIATOR?
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 100 - and most players walked straight past it.
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