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SPOOF
Definition of SPOOF
noun
An act of deception; a hoax; a joking prank. A cyberattack involving deception via impersonated identities; a digital asset used in such an attack.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Coined by English comedian Arthur Roberts in 1884 as the name of a card game involving deception and nonsense.
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.
SPOOF in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 12 boards so far. 21 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 8, 29 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 87, 15 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 22 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 8, 29 May 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
SPOOF starts with S and ends with F. Sorted, its letters read FOOPS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once, including a double letter.
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 SPOOF
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 8
Could you have found SPOOF?
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 8 - and most players walked straight past it.
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