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SPOOLING
Definition of SPOOLING
verb
present participle and gerund of spool
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OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
SPOOLING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 22 boards so far. 40 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 17, 6 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 100, 28 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First found by a player on Day 25, 14 June 2026.
Built from these letters
SPOOLING starts with S and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read GILNOOPS - 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 SPOOLI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 17
Could you have found SPOOLING?
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 17 - and most players walked straight past it.
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