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SPONGED
Definition of SPONGED
verb
simple past and past participle of sponge
noun
Any of various marine invertebrates of the phylum Porifera, that have a porous skeleton often of silica.
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Word DNA
SPONGED inherits its ancestry from its root, SPONGE.
Line of descent
4 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
3rd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
12.2%
of traced words share this origin (9,477)
branch · 12.2% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, SPONGE · 7 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.
SPONGED in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 16 boards so far. 27 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 27, 16 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 152, 19 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 27, 16 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
SPONGED starts with S and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read DEGNOPS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start SPONGE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 27
Could you have found SPONGED?
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 27 - and most players walked straight past it.
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