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SPONDYLITIC
Definition of SPONDYLITIC
adjective
Relating to spondylitis.
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Word DNA
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
SPONDYLITIC in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 23 boards so far. 23 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 36, 25 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 135, 2 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 13 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 36, 25 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
SPONDYLITIC starts with S and ends with C. Sorted, its letters read CDIILNOPSTY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I appears more than once.
Words that start SPONDYL
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 36
Could you have found SPONDYLITIC?
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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