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SPONGIFORM
Definition of SPONGIFORM
adjective
Like a sponge, porous, full of holes.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Ancient Greek σπόγγος (spóngos, “sponge”) + -iform
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.
SPONGIFORM in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 18 boards so far. 26 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 25, 14 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 95, 23 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 25, 14 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
SPONGIFORM starts with S and ends with M. Sorted, its letters read FGIMNOOPRS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once.
Words that start SPONGI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found SPONGIFORM?
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 25 - and most players walked straight past it.
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